Trains, Planes & Automobiles

Well it's been all go over here in Thailand! After a lovely relaxing week down south, we made our way to Chang Mai via Bangkok. The sleeper train we had planned to catch was fully booked so we decided to opt for a cheap flight with Nok Air - it turned out that it was cheap for a reason! We checked in fine and everyone boarded the funky birdy plane, but after a few goes of revving the engines on the runway, it didn't look too good. In the end they told us 'the flight has been deleted please go back inside.' They luckily managed to upgrade us to a Thai Airways flight within the hour and as an apology they kindly gave us a voucher for a meal and refreshment from the airport cafe. This actually turned out to be a dodgy slice of swiss roll and a can of pop... Thai Airways in fact was deluxe by comparison and after we took off to the sound of classical music we were offered a tasty light refreshment - another slice of (still dodgy, no better) Swiss roll!



So we finally made it to Bangkok and from there we caught a taxi to the train station hoping to jump onto the 7pm sleeper train upto Chang Mai (about 13hrs). What we didnt realise was that the annual worldwide floral show was on in the city and so the only beds left were topend cabins - well it was that or a night with our backpacks, so we went for the true Agatha Christie experience.



And the bonus.... dinner was included - check out this yummy treat below, tasty! Also bare in mind that at this point we havent really eaten all day (couldnt face swiss rolls) and we've had dodgy stomachs.... and the finishing touch, served stone cold!



Anyway, we finally made it Chang Mai at 7am the next day and booked ourselves into a small guesthouse close to the city walls. For the first day Lex was in bed ill, but Ad and Dawn managed to hop onto some bikes and look around the city alittle. The roads here are absolutely crazy and as many Thai people tell us, if you can cross the road here you can cross the road anywhere! But Dawn didnt have too much trouble on the bike, especially with her bell ringing!











Whilst in Chang Mai we've walked around the huge night markets and also visited the Tailors, GG Armani (lovin the name). We've both had suits made and also a black evening dress, its just so cheap, we cant believe it!