Chiang Mai to Chiang Khong

So we headed north to Chiang Mai on an overnight sleeper train - SO much nicer than the ones in India! We were actually given pillows and blankets, and they had a waiter service (kind of!) It was meant to be 14 hours but was more like 17... after Monday night I was feeling a bit sleepy so managed to fall asleep deeply for most of the journey...

When we arrived we were taken to another really nice hotel. I've somehow managed to get my own room for the trip - jammy i know! We then headed up to the "hot springs" - a BIG disappointment. They smelled of egg... There was a mineral bath so we went for a bit of a swim but just ended up smelling of egg ourselves!

After that we went up to the temple. I had taken my malaria tablet on an empty stomach so ended up throwing up in the temple... well not actually in the temple luckily! The temple was on top of a hill and it had an absolutely stunning view out across Chiang Mai.

After dinner at the food market we hit one of the only clubs... was ok but a bit weird. The cocktails were fairly cheap so we had a few but embarrassingly the three youngest of us were ready to go home first!! Oops!

So then we got on the boat across the border to Laos for a leisurely couple of days down the Mekong River...