Bens Guest House

Well im now staying at Bens guest house..... What an appropriate name!!! Haven't 'blogged' for a while.... sorry!! Chiang Mai is really nice.... like a mini Bangkok but not quite so smelly!!! Bens guest house id\s really nice although i have found a friendly cockroch which occasionly likes to have a shower with me...... nice!!! Thats all included in the price apparently..... Bed, Bathroom, Towel and your very own pet cockroch..... all for the bagain price of 180baht... What more could you ask for!!! Well i have finally booked my trek.... i go on wednesday for 3 days... it look awesome check out the web site.... www.benguesthouse.com Look on the trek section at the 3 day 2 night one!!! You do some of the trek on foot, some on elephant and some on a bamboo raft!!!! How exciting!! You also go and visit the tribes up in the mountains... i can't wait!!!! Anyway yesterday i went to Wat U Mong.... very funny name! Its a temple where the monks live and meditate, its very peacefull, i'm afraid i wasn' enlightened tho!! ;-) Two monks showed me round and gave me a little talk it was really nice of them. one was a meditation teacher..... i was gonna try out a bit of meditation untill i found out you had to be quiet for large amounts of time..... i don't think so!!!! lots of people talk about getting ripped of Thailand but yesterday at the temple i asked a girl who was operating one of the taxi bikes (motorbikes that you sit on the back of.... like modern boda bodas- those of you who've been to Kenya!) how to get back to my hostel and she told me to get on..... so i didwhen i got to my destination i asked her how much and she wouldn't take any money..... although some people are just out to rip you of there are many people who are happy to help you, you just have to be carefull!! You shouldn't let just a few bad storys stop you from talking to the locals!! Anyway today is my planning day.... just working out what to do on what day and how to get there!!!! How organised... yeah right!!!! Anyway hope everyones well!!!!

Oh,i went to the night bazaar the other night.... it was fab i'm well beaded up for the rest of the year now ;-) Its huge there are stalls everywhere selling all sorts of things..... nanny would love it!!!!!