Wednesday 25th August 2004
We left Chiang Mai and have moved on again, (and again), to a small town called Pai, in the north west.
It's a funny town with not much to do, but people stay here for ages.
We rented a dirt bike and went for a good look around, both on and off-road. We regularly had to bump start the bike as it's battery was flat.
We found some waterfalls, hot springs and loads of temples. We went into the mountains, to the national park, and went for miles off-road.
When we got back we were told that this was a big drug smuggling route and a bit of a bad place to go; the army were all over the place.
The next day we went off to another village and the road became a dirt track. After about 20 to 30 miles the road got too steep for both of us on the bike.
We tried to turn back but the bike cut out again and would not bump start on the gravel. It took us about 45 minutes to push the bike back up the hill and restart it on the smooth ground at the top.
The sun got to George and she has been unwell for the last two days. This was not helped by a 15 hour bus and train trip to get to our latest location of Ayutthaya, just north of Bangkok.
George is now eating ok and is sitting in a nice leather armchair reading her book.
