We're on the road to nowhere

We are in the jungles of Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand. These are the three pictures from our hike from our guest house (Akha Hill House) through the jungle. It was a fun trek, but at about 97 degrees, it was a hot one.

We spent two nights at the Akha Hill House. It was quiet and cold in the mornings, but the rest of the days were boiling hot.

We had a hell of a time up to Chiang Rai in the first place. We took an early morning bus, changed over somewhere, and then got to Fuong late, and had to hire a songthaew to drive exceptionally fast to get us up to Akha River house, which has the only transportation to Akha Hill House in the mountains. We were going very fast to make it the 104 km in under two hours.

We have spent most of the past week on buses it seems. I think Tom is tired of being on buses, but tonight, finally, we get on a plane to get back to Bangkok, taxi to bus terminal, and hopefully catch the last bus to Trat at 11:30 pm, overnight bus trip to Trat, songthaew to port city and ferry out to Koh Mak or Koh Wai, we haven't decided.

If it all works out, in less than 12 hours, we will be basking int he glorious beaches of a small island in the Gulf of Thailand. If we are delayed at the airport, then we won't get to the island until late tomorrow night after having slept in the bus terminal all Friday night, missed the first ferry to the island, and then get to the island at night, not sure of guest house as it is, and get crankier.

Then we'll bask in the glow of the warm glowingness of the southern Thailand sun.