After a night in the airport, we woke up and got on our flight to Bangkok. Arrived in Bangkok with no problems and our bags actually followed us! which was an improvement to our first flight to Beijing.
The first thing we did was buy train tickets to a city in northen Thailand called Chiang Mia. So we have yet another sleepr train ahead of us :).
Made it to the hostel, however we soon found out it was fully booked! which was soooooo annoying as we were tired, hot and hungry. Luckily we met a really nice tuk tuk driver who pointed us in the direction of a river taxi.
We wandered over to the jitty and got on this Thai speed boat, which was awesome. We got to see Bangkok via the river on our way to the hostel, not bad for morning transportation. The river was jam packed with other boats either speeding up or down the river, or from one side to another. Our stop soon appeared out of the Bangkok smog and we literally jumped of the boat on to a floating jetty and wandered towards Khaosan Road :)
We soon manged to find a hostel which also ment we found a cold shower. Which is always welcome :)
We had a wander around Khaosan Road which was pretty cool, just a pernament street market. Found some awesome street food of Pad Thai Noodles, that tasted sooooo good. I swear the food out here is so much better than at home, probably because everything is fresh here.
In the evening we had a few drinks and saw Trude!!!!!!! Who decided to come up to Chiang Mia with us.
The next day we wandered out of Khaosan Road and explored the area a bit. What ever you want here you can get its mental, but so relaxed and friendly. Definatly not what i thought Bangkok would be like, this might be because we havnt got the time to really explore the city. But still i like it. In the evening i went out with Trude to this bar called " Gipsy Lips" which was literally an old vw van parked on the side of the street that had been turned into a really cool little bar, very neat. We met a couple of really nice Thai guys aswell, one was a jewellery designer an he had been everywhere. They were all really nice and friendly.
Next day up to Chiang Mia, meting Trude and Luke at the hostel. Then working out a plan from there. It took us awhile to find the hostel, as Chiang Mia is a really really old city, which meqans the street names are very confusing, all the roads lead somewhere else and no one knows what you are talking about. Anyway found the hostel and met up with Trude and Luke for something to eat, also met a english guy called Chris. Ventured towards the night market whre there was loads of random things on sale included cooked insects to eat. Cockroaches, maggots, crickets, beatles and other flying objects!!!!! Plus puppies, kittens and baby rabbits on sale in cages, i wanted to buy a rabbit and bring it home, but not sure customs would have let me.
In the evening we went for a few drinks in a roof top bar which was literally 5 floors up, and completly open plan, with no ceiling so you can see the stars. Beautifull, we ended the night with buckets and table football!
The next day Shalina went for a wander around the old city. She said it was stunning, all the old buildings merging into one. With people using any available space to set up little homes or shops. I on the other hand went via scooter to a waterfall and went swimming, i was on the back of a scooter driven by Chris. It was so much fun, even though w nearly died 4 times, and may have caused a few problems. We were driving like they do in Vietnam and China, where driving becomes a game, so much fun. Could never do it in England though, would get pulled over straight away. Eventually found the waterfall and went swimming which was really apreicated in the heat, the countryside was stunning though. No body around just us 4, awesome.
The next day Shalina and I got up early for a crazy day. We left at 8 am to go to an Orchid and butterfly farm, which was very nice, the flowers and butterflys were very pretty. After this we went bamboo rafting, which was much more fun. I got very very wet, but it was so peaceful just floating down the river looking at the beautiful green countryside, very nice and chilled. After this we went ELEPHANT RIDING!!!!!!!!! which was super cool, the elephant we had was a cheeky one and kept wandering off and doing his own thing. It was really cool though, very bumpy but very gracefull at the same time. I didnt realise how big elephants are untill you see them up close, they are massive and there was a cute lil baby one, that was running all over the place.
After this we went trekking, which was great fun. We literally scaled down a mountain side where there was no path just sheer jungle. Shalina had a few problems and fell down a few times, she had to be helped down by a vietnamise guy. She was laughing the whole time though, which was good. She said she really enjoyed it but she came away with quite a few bruises and cuts from the jungle. I on the other hand was jumping down the mountainside pretending i was Rambo or something and didnt have a scratch on me!!! I thought i was going to end up in a ball at the bottom. We made it down to the river still smiling and laughing which was good. Despite this German girl who started to have a go at me because apperently it wasnt trekking and she wanted her money back, she threw a proper paddy! I just stepped away from her and kept my distance, angry Germans are unpredictable!
So we are at the bottom of the mountain in the river with no boat! so we wandered up stream getting passed by loads of tourists on bamboo rafts, who wouldnt give us a lift!Granted they were a bit older but still. Eventually we found some bamboo rafts of our own and boarded them and floated down stream. On the way we spotted a water snake, then all these Thai guys came out of no where ran across the river wihich massive sticks and started to hit the thing. It was very funny to see little Thai guys running whilst holding up huge sticks.
Next was white water rafting down the Mekong River. It was sooooooo much fun, we both got completly drenched but it was so worth it. Plus we were the fastest raft, beating a raft full of Japanese woooooooop.
Next was a waterfall, which was hidern away from the main place, bout 20 mins drive and in a tiny village. It was gorgeous, so calming and relaxing. Shalina just sat at the bottom happily splashing her feet in the water, while i went for and adventure and started to climb up the waterfall. I soon got told off tho as i was venturing into the private area of the village where people were sleeping so i had to return :(
In the evening we went to see the Arsenal Birmingham game, which i was not happy about after 90 mins. So we decided to stay out as it was Trudes last night before she goes to India!. We had a wicked night in Dup step clubs. I got chatting to this tuk tuk driver who was having a few drinks, he lives 40 k outside Chiang Mia and drives in every day, he has a wife and a little kid who he has named Frank, aftr Frank Lampard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next day we got a Train back to Bangkok as we have got quite a bit of traveling ahead of us, Bangkok then down south to Penang
Untill next time
sarah
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