Cooking it up in Chiang Mai with a slice of Pai June 29th 2009 We'd made a snap decision to head straight up to Chiang Mai the evening before we intended to leave so this meant a morning of rushing around to the train station to get tickets then back to our guesthouse to pick up bags and be on our way. Luckily for us there were lots of seats available on the train we wanted to catch so we picked the second cheapest option of 2nd class fan seats (391B each) w ... read more
Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
Back in 2008 we took 21 months off work, rented out the house, found a foster home for Stuart (cat!) and ventured out to the big wide world. We saw as many places as we could fit in in the time we were on the road and returned home in February 2010 after a truly life changing and eye opening journey.
Our adventure lasted... 615 days!
After our return we fell into the routine of life back in the UK but have always planned to get back out there as soon as we could. It took a bit longer than we'd hoped but we did squeeze in getting married and a few holidays ... full info