Somewhere in Chiang Mai....

So we have made it and survived the night train from Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai. It was actually perfect, we slept all night like babies (better than business class in a plane:)... but let's start from the beginning.

After Siem Riep (Angkor) we left to the capital city of Cambodia - Phnong Pehn. Here, as it is a big town, you can spot the differences between people even more than in Siem Riep. We have seen the Royal Palace and the Silver Buddha (he is actually from gold, but called Silver - that is why we couldn't found him) and after some cultural experience we headed to the FCC (Foreign Correspondence Club!) THE place is Phnong Pehn... Great bar, with mystical atmosphere and above all we have arrived in happy hour!

Next day in the morning we caught a plane to Bangkok and from there a train to Ayutthaya - city of thousands of temples, fantastic night market with great food and not such great hotels.:)

Anyway.... we ended up for 4 days in Chiang Mai (north of Thailand), where it is good to have jeans and pullover in the evening and where we tried for the first time Couch surfing possibility (thanks Kubicku!). There is an American couple (Daniel & Kelly), who kindly offered us their guest room for two days (they live in Chiang Mai for two years already). It was great, you do see the town from completely different perspective! We have visited an umbrella factory, night bazaar (the skills to reduce prices of goods were very good here), flower festival (special section for my parents - tak by se vam tam libilo, orchidej za orchideji! Urcite budu mit pozdeji vice fotek) and we have seen another million of temples.... I think we start loosing track of the names! Today we have been on a tour with Elephant safari, visited village of a northern tribe and finished the trip with bamboo rafting,which soaked us completely.... Anyway it was really fun!

Tomorrow morning we are heading towards south.... Train from Chiang Mai at 8:30 am, arriving to Bangkok at 21:00 and continuing from there directly to Ko Samui (3rd biggest island in Thailand). So we are almost ready for 24 hours long train journey (no sleeping this time!) and we will let you know how the send is white and what amazing sunsets we will be experiencing again....