Leaving Phitsanaluk

We learnt our lesson about the trains and got up super early so we could go to the train station and buy a ticket for the 2nd class train to Chaing Mai. We caught the Special Express but I don't know what was so express about it- it took 7 hours and went slightly faster than my walking pace. Anyway the views were beautiful. The sky's in the North are much clearer and bluer than in Central thailand and the landscape is lush and fertile. The train wound its way through the mountains which was quite an incredible sight. We arrived in Chaing Mai at about 8.30 at night and by the time we found somewhere to sleep it was pouring with rain and so we just went to bed. Another fairly dull day.