Hi Everyone, Apologies that the photo is not one of my own but, it is a night market scene if nothing else. I was still in Chiang Rai when I went to the Night market which is exceptional and like Chiang Mai is more of a social event than anything else. Two roads were closed off in order that the hundreds of stalls could set up and spread along the centre and both sides of the thougherfare which quickly became a shuffling alley. Families came out together to eat ...

Hi everyone, The week spent at Rai Seang Arun was really good for me, having been on the move for what feels like a lifetime I needed to stop for a while and relax. I have worked in the fields with the locals harvesting rice, totally different to what I expected, taken a push bike for a ride, read a book on Buddhism and completely unwound. The only negative in all this was that I managed to unwind to such a degree that I picked up a bug for which I had no medica...

Hi everyone, The week spent at Rai Seang Arun was really good for me, having been on the move for what feels like a lifetime I needed to stop for a while and relax. I have worked in the fields with the locals harvesting rice, totally different to what I expected, taken a push bike for a ride, read a book on Buddhism and completely unwound. The only negative in all this was that I managed to unwind to such a degree that I picked up a bug for which I had no medica...

Hi Everyone, Once again I am behind but never mind, I must stop enjoying myself, okay to re-cap I had a really great time in Chiang Mai and have now set off to the far north of Thailand and a visit to Chiang Rai and a resort known as Rai Seang Arun, owned by Mam and her husband who also run the Hostel in Bangkok. Okay, I jumped on the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai which only took three hours and was actually very comfortable, you even get an attendant on th...

10/11 Hi Everyone, As I have said Chaing Mai is the centre for the Loy Krathong festival and the locals are warming up nicely with fireworks and paper lanterns such as you can see above, they float them into the night sky to send away bad luck praying for good luck and blessings for the future. When hundresds of these lanterns are drifting into the darkness of the night it is a really spectacular sight and they seem to fly so high and far it is quite remarkabl...