North Thailand tourist trail (by Joe)

We’ve had a fantastic time traveling up through north Thailand from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Pai and Mae Hong Song.

The scenery has been stunning, accommodation and restaurants extremely comfortable and we’ve had a lot of 'active' fun hiring mountain bikes, trekking and bamboo rafting. As a tourist, North Thailand has everything there for you … ‘as you like it’.

That said, it is a well-worn trail which, because it is so easy to follow and so comfy, is hard to pull away from (see top - follow the trail for anything you could need or want!).

We’ve had a fantastic time, but after three weeks we can’t truly say we’ve engaged heavily with the country or the people.

Still, with scenery like this (see left and right) – who cares ?!?

We head off to Laos tomorrow. We are expecting that to be a more challenging experience.

Joe