Day 12 After a fairly boring couple of days we were pumped for the Gibbon experience! A rarely advertised three day trek aimed at preserving the jungle but allowing high paying tourists to visit it without destroying it. We'd been lucky enough to hear about it through Mark and Chrissie whom we meet in China (thanks guys!). We set off with four packed into the cabin and another four in the back. A very bumpy but scenic 2 hours we arrived at a small village laden pigs, chicks, kids and with two finished groups desperate for beers and raving about their last three days. We set off with high expectations and moderate confusion over where we were going and where the other group was destined. After only 15 minutes of walking we stopped for lunch curry ... read more

Day 8 Up early for our trek to the jungle, we had brekky at what had become our Changmai regular and packed small packs for our three days away. We decided that we'd had enough water fighting and to go on our trek a day early thinking we were leaving the chaos of Changmai behind. Little did we know at this stage the country folk like to continue to celebrate Songkran for weeks on end, making our journey to the jungle a memorable and wet one. Six of us piled into the back of the jeep, another 2 in the cabin barely 200m from our guesthouse we ( in the back)were all dripping wet as jeeps are everyones favourite target! This continued for two hours and we arrived at the market to pick up essentials such ... read more

Day 5 We left bangkok on the 10th of April by Bus to head for Chang Mai, with an estimated travel time of 8 - 10 hours. However, we both thought it would be a piece of piss as the travel agent demanded we buy VIP tickets, promising large seats with enviable leg room. However, they saw us suckers a mile off. Our expensive VIP ticket afforded us the luxury of the very back seat in the bus with three other foreigners, with only enough leg room for bilateral above knee amputees. So at 6 am after 9 hours in the bus bugger all sleep, thousands of ankle pumps (but still swollen calves), and in dire need of a shower we made it to graces guest house. After a few hours sleep we checked out ... read more

Day 5 We left bangkok on the 10th of April by Bus to head for Chang Mai, with an estimated travel time of 8 - 10 hours. However, we both thought it would be a piece of piss as the travel agent demanded we buy VIP tickets, promising large seats with enviable leg room. However, they saw us suckers a mile off. Our expensive VIP ticket afforded us the luxury of the very back seat in the bus with three other foreigners, with only enough leg room for bilateral above knee amputees. So at 6 am after 9 hours in the bus bugger all sleep, thousands of ankle pumps (but still swollen calves), and in dire need of a shower we made it to graces guest house. After a few hours sleep we checked out chang ... read more