Si in Chiang Rai

So it sounds like Chiang Mai but is 4 hours North of said city... we arrived in true style on a VIP bus which is super dope.. with fully reclining chairs which would make BA proud.

Once off the bus we were inundated with offers of guesthouses and after a bit of discussion we decided on the Riverview Guesthouse.

Chiang Rai is best seen via motorbike and after renting a few bikes we all went out to explore. Within 5 mins, Brett had fallen over, Hans had nearly killed himself (and maybe others) a couple of times but we pressed on.

Before I continue I should introduce you to the group who I am hanging out with there is Brett and Shannon, brother and sister from Calgary, Bretts best mate, Hans, Paul an Irish lad and Cara from Vancouver both who they met on their travels.

All Thai towns seem to have Night Bazaars (or markets) and so we went for a joly to there first however we drove out of Chiang Rai in the dark, not the best idea on motorbikes in Thailand.... the driving is a little bit crazy! Anyway we made it back and went on to the market, trying out fresh coconut milk from a coconut (was pretty horrible - probably not ripe), mango with sticky rice (really good), mango rice combination with corriander(also really good) and finished off with a Slurpie which was great.

Chiang Rai is a little confusing to drive around and we lost Paul and Cara, rode around for about 2 hours - completely lost... I then lost everyone else and decided to ride back to the guesthouse which took about another hour.

The next day we planned for the Laos border, the whole reason for going to North Laos is down to the Gibbon Experience which I will talk about in the next installment....