To Chiang Mai!

Last night after dinner we went across the street to check emails etc before going to bed.  We got a message from Blake to say that he'd decided not to wait in Pattaya for his new bank card to arrive from the UK (which was stolen on the beach) as there was a postal strike and that he had taken the overnight bus to Chiang Mai.

After breakfast we went and booked tickets for the 1st train to Chiang Mai at 10:30am.  Because it was a day train we couldn't book 2nd class sleeper tickets and had to settle for seats only.

The train was exhausting and we were delayed by 2 hours so eventually we arrived in Chiang Mai at 9:45pm.  Quint and I both finished a book each on the train.

Blake was waiting for us at Daret's Guesthouse and had already booked us a triple room for BHT80 each - by far the cheapest on the trip so far.  We had a quick dinner and caught up over a few drinks.  Blake really got Quint and I excited about this motorbike trip he'd been planning around the Golden Triangle.  Blake had spent the day walking around Chaing Mai visiting all the bike rental shops.