Left my Pai pals to go to the elephant nature park office where I was picked up and taken to the park.

Arrived and was shown round and introduced to some phants. Poor guys had broken legs from logging or mentally damaged from mistreatment 😥

There are also loads of dogs being rehabilitated from car crashes etc and a ‘cat kingdom’.

Had some lunch before watching a documentary about how the phants are abused in the circus and stuff. V sad.

Orientation talk and showed us to our rooms. Lil huts with 3 peeps and showers round the corner.

Had a lovely little nap before our welcome meeting at 6pm. Got some info about Buddhism then got blessed with holy water. lol.

Had din and a v early night.

Returned our peds, with our giant backpacks on so we didn’t have to walk back. Scary.

Went to Om for brek again and had the best podge you’ve ever seen.

Time to say goodbye to Pai 😪 back on the bus to Chaing Mai.

More smelly pillows in mad monk Chiang Mai. Walk into a pool party, got some catching up to do. Get the gin buckets in.

Off for a yellow curry. Peng. More chill by the pool before going for a wander to check the club out. Found hash browns at Burger King, one craving sorted. Club was lit, stayed for 10 mins before coming back to wait for Ellie’s tomoz.

Went for brek at a cute garden cafe. Had BBQ tofu and potato salad 👌🏼

Started the hour ped journey to Lod caves. V fun. Made it to the caves and got on a bamboo raft to go in. Super crazy cool. Stalagmites and tites a plenty.

Water was too high to go into the other caves. Feel cheated.

Stop at a hot spring on the way back. V relaxing until we stared getting harassed by Thai kids jumping all over us.

Back to the hostel via another waterfall.

Out for some more street food, went for a jacket potato with tomatoes, avo, pesto, sour cream and cheese.

Went back to the jazz bar for a drink. V full so we sat on a bench near the front. Obvs a reason no one was sat there. Ahmed was last to sit down and the whole bench cracked v loudly and fell down. Everyone looking at us 🤦🏻‍♀️ wanted to leave but Ed wouldn’t let us.

Played some cards over a gin.

Got a lovely waffle on the way back whilst the others had a foot massage.

Last night in Pai paradise 😪

Found a cute cafe with European food. Eggs benedict with avo 👍🏼👍🏼

Tried to hire peds but needed a passport which none of us had on us so had to go all the way back to the hostel, get a passport then go and hire them.

Stopped for petrol, all good, until we all pulled away, Craig last, who crashed into the table with the bottles of petrol on and smashed glass everywhere 😂😂

First stop the white Buddha on top of a hill. I had to wait at the bottom whilst the three men were allowed up because I wasn’t dressed ‘politely’ 😠😠 saved me walking up the stairs, they can take the pics for me.

Next up is the land split caused by an earthquake a few years ago. Free roselle juice and banana chips.

Saw some Ellie’s on the way 🐘

On to Pam Book waterfall. Lovely.

And the bamboo bridge which was super cool. So many insta famous shots.

Next stop, Pai canton, ‘Thailand’s answer to the Grand Canyon’

Homebound to shower off the sweat. Got a bit lost but made it eventually.

Back to the market for din, Pad Thai made in front of me. Went to a cute lil jazz bar for a drink.

Nutella and banana crepe on the way home 👍🏼

Rodog left me 🙁

Went down to reception to see if I could change my room to the hostel in Pai. Success after much confusion. Booked my bus to Pai.

12pm the ‘bus’ turns up. It’s like a big Tuk Tuk which they squeezed 10 people in to, with all our luggage, for 3 and a half hours!?

Thank the lord, it just takes us to the bus station where we get in a mini bus.

The whole way is one super windy, hilly road through the jungle.

Arrive in Pai, v cool and hippy and relaxed. Saw a rabbit cafe where you could have a drink with a rabbit at your table 😍

Frens from Chiang Mai turn out to be ma new roomies. Go off for a wander round the market. Pai is so cool.

Got me some spring rolls, including a mango sticky rice one. Others had a beer whilst I detoxed. Main course, vegan falafel wrap 😋

Back to hostel life.

Saw Barbara Ann at brek to say farewell.

8:30am our truck picks us up to take us white water rafting.

Hour and a half journey into the jungala. Get suited up in life jackets and helmets and have a briefing before we get on the river.

Fun fun fun.

Back to the hut for some Pad Thai, then off to a waterfall for sliding down fun.

Met someone staying at Mad Monk tonight. Cray.

Snacks and coffee at the hut before heading back to Chiang Mai.

Check into Mad Monkey with Ro.

Get our drank on with the leftover gin and welcome drinks with hostel peeps and beer pong.

Get a cheeky curry. Ro vommed. A lot.

Game of pool with some English dudes whilst Ro was passed out in bed. Find out they’re going to Pai tomoz so probs gonna follow them to cure my boredom.

9am train arrives in Chiang Mai. Gave up my bottom bunk for the oldies 😇

Bag drop at the hotel then go to Doi Suthep temple. Got some fried banana on the way back down.

Most of the group went off for elephant lovin’. Me and Ro made the mistake of getting a Thai massage. Not quite the relaxing experience I was searching for. Feel like I’ve been in a fight.

Go on the explore some of Chiang Mai and the market. Got a waffle and a spring roll and matching vests.

Cheeky gin back at the hotel.

Night market for dins. Finally found some salmon. Then did a whole load of shopping despite having no money and no case room.

Saw some lady boys coming out of their Cabaret show.

Farewell dranks at the hotel for our last night togevs 😢

After brek we Tuk Tuk to the temple ruins where this is also a giant Buddha. Classic.

Ro nearly lost her shoe in sinking sand 😂

Saw some sad Ellie’s being ridden 🙁

Back in the Tuk to the next temple. A Buddha head where the tree has grown around it. Super cool.

Bought a lovely top. Spot of lunch before returning to the hotel.

Introduced Ro to Big Brandon abs.

Cheeky little sesh in ‘Chang house’, 3 towers between us to prepare for the overnight train.

Much nicer than the Indian one; only two bunks on each side so you can actually move without giving yourself concussion.

Tanya tells us to be quiet so sleepy time it is. Curtains closed.

Sink laundry wasn’t dry so had to get the hairdryer on it.

After brek we saw the chef come out the toilet after pooing and didn’t wash her hands 🤢

Off to the bridge over the river Kwai and war museum. Built by British and Australian prisoners of war. The railway went from Thailand to Burma to transport goods during the war, 4000km long. Middle bit was bombed twice by Americans so had to be rebuilt but the rest is original.

PoW were transported from Singapore to Thailand in small boxcars for four days with no room to lay down and 40 hours at a time without food.

The camps they stayed in when building the railway were 28 men per 8 man tent, cooking meat crawling with maggots and skimming them off the top of the stew once it was cooked.

Walked round one of the cemetery’s for the POW’s. Depressing.

Tanya bought us all banana fritters to cheer us up 😏

Back on the bus again to Ayutthaya. Crispy wonton pad Thai en route.

Arrive at Ayutthaya hotel. Quick dip in the pool before heading to the night market. Chinese shrimp, squid on a stick, squid ball, corn on the cob, salmon cheese ball, fishcake, garlic bread and chocolate pastry stick. Plus loads of free samples 👌🏼👌🏼

Obvs some beer before bed

Brek brought to us on the raft before we got towed back to mainland.

Back on the bus to Erawan Waterfall. About to realise how super unfit I am again.

Make it to level 7, totes worth it. Go for a cheeky swim on the way back down. Includes a free fish foot spa, or attack. Stress.

Make it back to the lunch place just before it starts raining 👌🏼

On to ‘good times resort’. Chillin out in ma robe and slips 😎 then some beers by the river before dins.

Saw the cutest lil pupperino on the way to 7/11 to get another drank before beddy byes.