Ayutalla, Chiang Mai

had a bit of a mare the other day took my malaria pill on an empy stomach and hurled a lot 30 mins later. Got the train to ayuthayya on the 4th. Rented a bike and spent the day clycling around the ruins which were pretty cool. had a pretty interesting time negocating the erratic traffic and got pretty exhausted in teh full sun all day. managed to get my self a shower in a guet house befre getting the sleeper train up to Bangkok. Great fun although a little squashed on the top bunk. enjoyed the a/C but journy took about 14 hours in the. Now in Chiang Mai and have found a cool little hostel full of backpackers with a pool table and a great common room but am only paying 70 bt/night (1.50 with a bad exchange rate) which is sweet. loads to do up here, it's a cheap alternative to queenstown really with bungy jumping, white water rafting, bikeing, off roading etc but i'm going to go for the 3 day trek tomorrow with elephant riding, white water rafting, trekking, swimming in water falls and 2 nights in the jungle. Went to an incredible night market last night, thousands of stalls filled the streets and hundreds of food stalls selling incredibly good incredibly cheap food kep me busy for a few hours. Very hot here, jut sweat all day but loads of cool people and cheap food and accomodation are keeping me busy. Might go to laos next week and take the slow boat to luang probang but havn't decided yet. North thailand way better that Bangkok so far.