Chiang Mai

On Tuesday night we headed out of bankok by coach overnight up to the north int0 Chiang Mai, The bus was decorated all in pink and we all got pink plankets and pillows which was very exciting! we turned up to our guest house in chiang mai at 6 in the morning rather tired due to lack of sleep on the coach so we went to sleep until mid day and then got up and wondered round to check out where we are! We chilled out for the rest of the day wondering round markets and little shops.

On thursday we woke up nice and early as we headed off into the jungle for 2 days with a group of people to do lots of cool stuff. We had a 2 hour drive to get to the jungle and then went on a walk through the jungle to a waterfall for a swim which was alot of fun then kept on walking through until we ended up where we were staying the night. The people with us were very nice and we got on well. We had 2 Canadians, Dave and Claire, 2 French people, whos names they couldnt even pronounce let alone me and then finally a lady from some island in the carribean called sindie and finally our leader Singa who was a very funny man, he liked playing jokes on us by throughing stuff at us in the jungle pretending it was snakes of spiders! In the evening we chilled out in the jungle p[laying cards and sitting around the camp fire with the locals who were rather drunk picking up random instruments and playing them badly (we all joined in!), we then headed off to bed after a few beers.

The next day (today/friday) we went for a short walk in the morning and then drove to the elephant place where we went on elephants for an hour around down by the river which was very cool and rather scary at times when the elephant was walking on the cliff edge! We then went rafting down the river for an hour where we got very wet! After that we headed off to a tribe near by where we met the funniest tribe! there was a 65 year old lady that was about 3 ft tall that had the biggest smile on her face (although she only had 2 teeth left!). I asked how much it would cost to take her home and when they translated it to she was very excited so I think I may have made a new friend!

The two days were alot of fun and it was a good laugh chatting to the people from other countries like dave and claire that were a good laugh! (you'd better read this dave and claire as I've given you a good review!)

Were going to a tired zoo tomorrow where we get to hold baby tigers and stuff like that and then in a few days were heading off down to the south island by train to chill on the beaches!

Hope all is well,

Will x

Bangkok

The flight was good and all went to plan - watched a couple of films and slept a little bit aswell - food was tasty and the air hostesses were up to scratch. We got to the hotel in the afternoon and dropped our bags off and wondered around the roads for a while get hasseled by every person we walked by! The smells as we went down the road were mad as one second you could smell fumes and the next you could smell tasty thai food that was being cooked by the side of the road. We went to our hotel for dinner and then headed off to bed.



Today, our first full day in bangkok started off with tom getting chased by a load of homeless people chucking bird food at him until he payed them money! we walked briskly on and took photos of him being attacked! We then headed off to the Grand Palace and Reclining buddah and a load of other Temple tings that were all gold and shiny! After this we went on a boat trip and a sky train to get to a huge shopping centre that was alot more modern and less pushy than the old part that we are staying.

We then headed off into a big park where we ended up in pedalos around a huge lake where we saw huge dragons (well very large lizards) bathing around the park which was very scary! This evening has envolved going to a crazy night market where we picked up a load of bargains (like superman t-shirts!) and all sorts! Were very much getting into the swing of haggling people until the give in a sell us something for very cheap!

We fly into Bangkok, then we will either fly or train it to chiang mai, hang around there for a bit. Then train it back, then we get the train to Surat Thani, and get the bus and ferry to Ko Samui island and then the bus back to Phuket. We then get the train all the way down to Kuala Lumpa and Singapore!

A Week On Saturday.....

When I say its a week on Saturday it seems extremely close. Everything seems to be getting together and I got enough wind-up torches for Christmas to power a city for a year it seemed! We also picked up our hoodies today which seemed a few weeks ago that we would never get because every company that we went to said they couldn't do it! Anyway, all there is to do now is pack my bag and get on the plane it seems! Although that does sound all too easy!

Where are we Going?

Thailand, Malasia and Singapore - 17th January - 16th February
Australia - 16th February - 18th March
New zealand - 18th March - 20th April
Fiji - 20th April - 08th May
Hawaii - 8th May - 18th May
Los Angeles - 18th May - 21st May
New York - 21st May - 26th May

Have to start somewhere.....

Thought the whole blog 'thing' has to start somewhere. The trip is getting closer - with 46 days to go (not that i'm counting). We booked tickets to see Coldplay in sydney this week which is very very exciting! and we have also now booked everything. Now we just have to wait for the fun times to begin!