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