What a first week! After being sexually harassed by a crazy South African (only joking V) we decided to go exploring to get our bearings before the intrepid tour began. It took us about 30mins to find a temple on the map that we wanted to see so we took a stroll through the smog encrusted streets of Bangkok. We rocked up to Wat Po ready to get our tourism on then this crazy guy called Som in a tuk-tuk pulled up in front of us and offered us a trip to see four temples for 20Baht (50c). Too good to be true I hear you say! It was. Its a scam to get you to go to dodgy jewellery shops and tailors. But he didn't know who he was dealing with and we got to see our temples all for 20Baht. The next day we took a boat tour of Bangkok and a tour of Wat Po in end. That night we took an over night train to Chiang Mai. Worst nights sleep ever!!! Don't do this trip without earplugs and eye masks. Once there we split up to do our own thing so me and a couple of the girls decided to do a Thai cooking class. It was fantastic. I made the mildest red curry known to man since I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to spice. That evening we went to Doi Suthep and climbed up all 300 steps to the temple. We got a blessing from the monks while we were there as you do! The next day we set of on a long drive to Laos and stopped off at the White Temple. This was the best one so far. It looked like the Snow Queens palace but inside was a epic mural portraying modern day evil. George Bush was in it and Avatar and Superman to name but a few. It was cool. Once in Laos it didn't take long for us to mix with the locals and their love of Lao Lao their crazy homemade Whiskey. It was a crazy night as well. We spent the following two days sailing up the Mekong river to recover.
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