lois errey

So we arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand after an 11 hour flight, 5 hour wait at Bangkok airport and 1 hour flight to Chiang Mai. We got to the hostel late at night and the heat just hit us! It is ridiculously hot!!! We got greeted by a cockroach too, this was soon dealt with! We also have a resident gheko. On the Saturday we went to the Elephant Nature Park. It has 31 elephants all rescued from situations such as street begging. It was amazing, we got to feed them and bath them, and got told that they rather like the ice cream truck when it visits the park! We also met a Thai man that just wanted to talk to us about David Cameron and how young and good looking he was and that he would great things for our country! In the evening we went for an explore and went for a first night cocktail, it was a reggae bar, turns out reggae music is big in Chiang Mai! We have also been to the Sunday Market which was fab! It is currently a festival where Buddist's give thanks and pay respect to their religion. They buy flowers and place them by the temples and monuments. The atmosphere was amazing! Also it rained today!! Nice and cooling! Tomorrow we are joining our tour group and head off on a trek through the jungle! x