i'm blogging from a guesthouse in mae salong, a rural village northeast of chiangrai, and over 1200m from sea level. before this, we were in chiangmai, which took us 14 hours to get to, by train, from bangkok. we're heading off to the south in a couple of days' time for the full moon party in koh phangan, after which we'll be going back to bangkok for a second visit to zach and flora's wonderful apartment, before finally heading home on friday night.
i know i promised pics and vids galore, but the connection here isn't as fantastic as i thought, and it's a bit too troublesome to resize all the pics in the cam with the pc provided by the guesthouses, so here's a sneak preview: