We are no longer stranded ( Read more... )

Well it seems we are having some trouble leaving Chiang Mai! Its been a combination of incorrect information, full buses and the language barrier and has resulted in a little frustration and 2 extra nights (so far) in Chiang Mai. We still don't actually have a bus ticket but we have paid a man who works at the guesthouse where we are staying 50 ( Read more... )

Luke and I have spent the last few days enjoying the comforts of the city.. food with no rice.. cinemas.. air conditioning.. internet that isn't dial up.. Luke ate steak two dinners in a row, and I have finally begun to realise the value of chain stores.. yay for sizzler and their potato salad! Its been really nice after so long in the countryside ( Read more... )

Well we've had a hectic couple of days, it's amazing how exhausting bus trips can be ( Read more... )

SukhothaiOn our last full day in Sukhothai we caught a local bus out to the old city which is about 20 minutes out of town. It's a really nice area, set in the middle of a large park with manicured lawns and lots of little lakes and ponds are the ruins from the old town. Sukhothai used to be the capital of Thailand and the King has his palace there ( Read more... )

I just wrote a really really long post about what we have been doing and our very interesting journey from Mae Sot to Umphang but the computer lost it ALL ( Read more... )

I am sitting in the internet cafe trying to get the rest of our photos online and just now as we were staring vacantly out the window waiting (impatiently) for the photos to upload a little boy (maybe 11 or 12) walked past with a baby elephant on a leash! And - of course - we couldnt take a photo!! again! Because the camera is currently plugged ( Read more... )

Finally, we have photo power!
Its all working again so that is good news.

Heres the link if you want to have a look at the newest additions

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=6636rz0.12rnekec&x=0&y=-jin2ft

We arrived in Sukhothai yesterday afternoon after a squishy but not entirely bad bustrip in a tin can bus with fans on the roof. The trip only took an hour and most of the way there was plenty of spectacular scenery to keep us occupied.. Thailand is so green at times that it is almost fluorescent ( Read more... )

Well we have left Ayuthaya, we were thinking about staying longer (because the owner of the guesthouse invited us to come to her birthday party on the 23rd) but we decided - for the sake of our visa which is running out even though we havent seen half of Thailand yet - to keep heading north ( Read more... )