in lampang we arrived at our guesthouse that was down some alleyway but had a huge gate and some double decked accomodation that was japanese style. after settling in we made a move for the streets, this was quite a walk away and we easyily got lost even with our well detailed photocopied map!

after a breif walk around a couple of the girls fancied a massage while the rest of us left them speeding away in a Tuk Tuk while we went in search of the internet. after a long walk we found an internet cafe that was mainly for gaming. but after some discussion with the owner we managed to get an hours internet for 15 baht! thats about 20p! needless to say we couldn't afford to stay forever! just for a couple of hours!

before long we had got bored of unlimeted supply of internet and the novelty wore off so we headed back to the hostel and got changed into some long sleeved clothes and long trousers. we were on the edge of a river bank and there were so many mozzies that it required a hell of alot of repellant.

after the sun sank we went in search of a bar we found earlier where we had a fruit shake. before we knew it we filled three long tables just for our group then drank and ate to our hearts content! this eventually ended with me, josh, mick and jen stubling to another bar further up the river lined street. to our amazment there were an overweight, talentless band on, so as you do, you decide to watch. they actually sang quite a few English songs and did them so badly we had to help them along, obviously!

after getting pestered by a s/him to buy some drinks, mick being the scottish one decides a bottle of 100 pipers whiskey should do the trick, but hey it says its scottish whiskey. this came to about 8 quid between 4 of us so we didn't mind. the bottle came with a big selection of mixers that the s/him was so bad at poring we decided to have it all neat! after nearly finishing the whole bottle they decided to play abit of evenescence, this seemed to go down a treat like a fat kid stuck infront of a bakery store!

like i said the band were pretty s***e so when ever it got onto a complicated part he'd just mutter it down the mic while moving slowly back so you couldn't hear him, very clever if you ask me but s***e all the same! us being helpfully british filled in the words at great volume.

after a boystrous evening we all headed back to our hostle, we knew it might be abit hard to get in becasue the owner had set a curfew of 11 o'clock. by this time it was already 1.30ish! we walked down the dark road and mick decided it would be a bit of fun to taunt the caged guard dogs that lived next door. after barking at one of them it obviosly replyed with its own bark, followed by its other 20 mates! meanwhile we were walking through the gate that she had left open for us to return when out walks the owner and starts blaming mick for waking up the entire hostle (which he probably did!). then up walks mick who after walking up all the neigbourhood tries to climb over the opened gate while the owner was staring at him!

it was a very eventful night but it was short lived becasue in the morning we were going to the elephant sanctury!