We had a 5 hour bus ride from Chiang Mai to Sukhotai on Thursday morning, thankfully less painful than the one a few days earlier.
On arrival in Sukhotai we checked in to our guest house and set out to explore…
The three hour bus journey from Chaing Rai to Chiang Mai was pretty horrendous, lots of windy roads and an unpleasant smell coming from the air con… but worth it!
We arrived at about lunchtime on Monday and headed into town to find somewhere to stay. After trying a couple of places we ended up at a lovely little place in the old town called Siri Guest House. Spent the rest of the day orientating ourselves and eating… had falafels for dinner at a fantastic place called Jerusalem Cafe.
We’re now into our second day in Chiang Mai so I thought I’d write a little update about our last stop, Chaing Rai, the capital city of Thailand’s northernmost province of the same name, and our first stop away from the relaxing beach life we’ve been getting used to over the past couple of weeks. Well, it had to come to an end at some point, although Alexandra probably would’ve extended it for about another 50 weeks if she could.
So, Chiang Rai…
Sitting in Krabi airport with three hours until our flight to Bangkok, so this could be a long post!
This is why I put all of that effort into getting a motorcycle license.
Note the basket on the front for collecting the roadkill that just can’t get out of the way fast enough, and the ultra wide and grippy tyres. What a stunning machine.
After a couple of flights and a night in Phuket, we fought the jet lag to get ourselves up early and jumped on a tuk tuk to catch the first ferry from Phuket to Ko Phi Phi.
Ko Phi Phi is famous for being the primary location for The Beach and as we approached the island it was easy to tell why. (Obviously a little comp work to remove some of the bars, resorts and long-tail boats would be necessary though!)
Waving away the people trying to sell us boat rides there, we stubbornly headed east to find Viking Resort on our own. After getting lost in the jungle and passing a few other hotels and resorts, we finally found the gourgeous Viking Cove and its tiny secluded beach which is now barely 20 seconds walk from the front of our hut.
Let the holiday begin!
Finally the day has come when we leave these increasingly chilly shores to look for some slightly prettier and warmer ones. I’ve heard that the whole country is planning to give us a big send off by launching lots of fireworks this evening. (Or are they just happy to see us go? Either way, I’ll have to try and get a window seat.)
Thanks to everyone who came to the various goodbye drinks days/nights. It was great to see you all. Hopefully this blog will be a better record of our travels than Facebook will be. We’ll be on Skype every so often with the username ants2d. Check the Skype icon in the sidebar on the right of this page to see if we’re online. Otherwise check back here to see what we’ve been up to and if you feel compelled to tell us how much you hate us for leaving for so long while you’re sitting at your desk, do feel free to post a comment or two. It’d be good to hear from you, even if it is just a bunch of expletives.
Bye everyone, take care and we’ll see you all in a year!
