On the 4th of Jan in the arvo we set out for Chang mai from Bangkok - our lovely travel agent lady had booked us a cheapo bus there. We packed snacks for the overnight 12 hour journey - a delectable selection of wholemeal bread, plastic cheese slices and salted chips which created a wonderful beige paste when made into a sandwich. The bus was subzero in tempurature during the night and Tessa and Mike resorted to using tracksuit pants as a hat and scarf, while Clem and I used scarfs to make mini tents over our heads. But all in all it was not too traumatic though and at 6am we arrived in the outskirts of Chang Mai at a petrol station. Here we were herded like illegal immigrants onto a truck and shipped into the centre of town to a dodgy hostel called 'Nice Place'.
The bus we had caught between Bangkok and Chang Mai is apparently owned by local CM hostels and they aren't allowed to come into central Chang Mai as the hostels just use them to get unsuspecting foreigners to stay in their specific hostels by dropping you straight at them. However, we were wise to their tricksy little ploy and left the hostel asap and walked to Eagle House hostel which we had booked. Here we planned our trek to the hilltribes and began our obsession with fizzy drinks...
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ok I'm in. subscribed and all.
write lots guys, and pictures!
mmmm hungry even thinking about it. have you found that place that does american pancakes? or there use to be a really good indian restaurant there as well if you are sick of thai yet...
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