Ko Phangan and Chiang Mai

Ok so Ko Phangan was me, Lau and Danny. We travelled for 10 hours or something silly like that to get there and had to go on a bus and a ferry overnight. The Island was really pretty and we were staying at a nice hotel about 5minutes walk from the shops. Well, once we complained and changed rooms it was really pretty anyway. The first one had a 'beautiful view' of a building site, a 3 inch gap under the door and we were sharing it with a rather large family of ants! Once we moved we had a king sized bed and a view of the ocean and mountains, a big improvement.
We had initially decided to go there for the full moon party on the beach but on the night it was pissing down with rain so Lau and Danny didnt want to go and i had a migraine, just out luck!
We had alot of fun shopping whilst we were there though (Danny and i bought about 20 cds and dvds) and spend quite alot of time playing pool. Dannys man pride was severely dented in the process.

We went back to bankok to meet Emily on the 4th and the twin towers hotel tried to charge us 4000 baht per room per night. we were having non of it and eventually got it for 2000 baht. This was one of many arguments that we ended up having with the reception staff. They later tried to tell us that we couldnt book extend our stay as Laura (who had gone home by this point) had booked an executive suite. an hour later, we discovered that actually a Mr Peter Humphreys had booked it and not Laura despite the fact that we had written down her name for them. grrr

Emily, Danny and i went up to Chiang Mai after Laura left. We rented a car for the day and Danny and i drove us up to a temple on the top of the hill. Em and i bought some huge fans up there for 80 baht each. they have been a pain in the ass to carry around
The next day, we began our 3day treck through the jungle. It started well, we saw an old temple, a huge waterfall (which Danny went swimming in) and did a short treck to a local village where we stayed the night. all the little kids kept coming up to us and asking us to buy necklaces and bracelets and i wanted to get all of them. only bought 3 throughout the trip though.
The second day was torrential rain. we tried to sit it out but it went on too long so we ended up wading knee deep in water through rice fields and again, Danny fell over! The stepping stones at the river had been washed away so the guide found us a very skinny stick to walk along over the gushing river which was very scary!
On the last day we went bamboo rafting which was fun but not very nice to have to sit down on since the water was brown and we later saw something that looked very like a sewage pipe joining it. our raft also got stuck on the reeds so we had to get out and push! we then went on an elephant ride which was amazing to begin with but not so pleasant when they misbehaved and got hit in the head with metal sticks which made them bleed. just wanted to get off after that!

Em and i are in Kanchanabury now and its ridiculously hot. Missing Danny and Lau loads and cant wait to get home and see everyone.

love emma x x x