We have just spent the last three nights in Bangkok and have just checked out of our hotel. We are sitting around trying to work out the best way of getting to the airport for our 3 o'clock flight up to Chang Mai in the north of Thailand, where we are being picked up by the guest house bus (I think it is a pick up truck) to take us to Chang Dao in the mountains. We are still on the pre booked segment of the trip and we have organised to go trekking from Chang Dao, where we are going bamboo rafting and to see elephants!! Hopefully should be great fun. Not sure how much I like Bangkok. It is all pretty crazy and particularly around the tourist areas there seems to be no shortage
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