Chiang Rai After a reasonably good nights sleep, only reasonably good due to the fact that I have a fan and not a/c. There were also huge thunderstorms in the night, that woke me several times. I got up early...ish, had breakfast at the guesthouse, Banana Pancake with Honey, but dont be mistaken, this was not your typical pancake, it was the size of a dinner plate and about 2 inches thick, delicious but too much for breakfast! I was picked up at around 8am by the tour guide, and as the trip was over booked myself and two others, max, from Switzerland and Laura from Essex, but now living in Pakistan as she works for Oxfam as an aid worker were treated to luxury transport, some type of 4x4, rather than a cramped mini van.
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