101 Challenges:

We've also being filming temples for our Top of the Popes challenge. This is where we have to find the top 10 temples in Asia. Some temples are amazing, some are terrible. Most (again in our opinion) look the same. Bit like a circus. Enough said. Still we'll visit more as we know there are some real special ones still out there. Oh, Frank sent us a postcard, he's been to a few temples himself - apparently it makes a woman crazy when a gnome can talk all spiritually and Godly;

After 3 full on weeks with the pressure of doing so many challenges in quick succession, filming is finished for Thailand and Mark left us for England. We had a good last night together with a few well-deserved beers and managed to chat and have fun as you would if you were on a normal trip. It was great for all of us. We all need to recharge, the last month was manic.

To give a few quick thoughts on Chaing Mai, it is in most parts, an amazing mini-city. The scenery is awe-inspiring and the list of things to do is overwhelming. On a sadder note though, at nights the place changes from an ideal holiday location to a seedy sex-tourist place. Which is a shame really, but not next year when we come with our mates on their stag-do's - a joke!

We're absolutely knackered and are in desperate need of a few Challenge free days. We plan on updating the journal as quickly as we can in Laos. Who knows what the internet speed is like out there? We will now endeavour to keep journals up to date at least twice per week. We should hopefully never be quite as busy as we were in the last few weeks.