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Mae Chaem Slideshow
Mae Chaem
Travel Blogs from Mae Chaem, Thailand
Visiting Baan Mae Had
This is a top pick! ... my apartment in Bangkok. But the result is a clean good feeling. Talked to Monk Boun Savat a lot about my observations of Thailand, Buddhism, etc. Discussed his future. Talked about Stu - who they still miss and want him to come back. Ate dinner ...
Travel n Trekin n Travelin
This is a top pick! ... took a bus. I walked. I took another boat. I walked. I jumped into a truck. I walked to the border and I left Laos and entered Thailand. I walked. I ran as I had to get onto a bus. I was then put onto another bus. I got off at the wrong stop. I walked. ...
Huoy Xai to Chang Mai Day 201 (7th Dec)
... warned Today we walked 1km from our guesthouse to the border control, officially left Laos and crossed the river on the boat (40Thb) to Thailand. Moments later we had arrived back in the land of a thousand smiles. From here we took a tuk-tuk to the bus ...
Chang Mai
... in Chang Mai. Chang Mai, Thailand's second largest city, is quite a marvel. This city is a real crossroads of Thailand. A mix of European sponsored businesses, Hill tribes from the north, University students, and real diverse Euro ex-pat ...
Chang Mai
...hmmmm. This lovely computer just deleted my draft...oh boy. So I'm going to have to make this a short one. Kris and I arrived in Chang Mai after a long bus ride. Settled into the guesthouse we are staying at and headed out for an ...
the ways of the thai
... really crazy. We'll hopefully be in Chiang Mai by then, lots of fun! ...shocking that it will be halfway through Thailand and more than half through my teaching: thinking of exams in March (where they'll need our help (sometimes even for setting ...
leaving so soon?
... probably be my last blog for a while because weve got so many tripm s and things to do - visiting a hmong village, mae hongson quick stop, massive drummings in of revision with all the kids because uits really close to their exams now and some are ...
Chang Mai Day 203 (10th Dec)
Today we awoke bright and early, said our emotional bon voyage to the elephants and jumped in the bus. After an enjoyable and smooth journey we stopped off at a quaint rural village near the white water rafting place. The housing was constructed by ...
Crazy Caving in Soppong!!
... and we can't get out!!!"...which of course is silly because it is the dry season and I haven't seen a drop of rain since I arrived in Thailand. Anyway, the whole way I was just blown away at what we were doing! In the end, we came to the top of a 30 metre ...
Chang Mai Day 201 (8th Dec)
... dinner. The evening was the higlight of the day, a rich cultural experience, an essential event to be witnessed whilst here in Thailand; Muay Thai kickboxing!! We had to enter the seated area where the fight was, although we didn't realise it was in the ...
Chang Mai - Long Live the King!
... lights ever which was not nice at all for an overnight train! Chiang Mai is a favorite place for people to visit in Thailand. Not only is the climate cooler and the town less hectic than Bangkok, it has many fun activities for tourists to participate in. ...
since then...
... then it would have died the next day. Not only, but also at the hiospital we gave them some money: Salahae explained that in Thailand hospital treatment is not free./ Not free for a baby with pneumonia! It was black by the time we got back 3hours to ...
Hill Tribe Life
... where I met her family. The houses are wooden shacks on stilts. On entering you take your shoes off (as you do everywhere in Thailand) and go into the main room where there is a fire and sit round with the family. The mother ...
Chang Mai
... little Thai lady who told a lot of jokes and we could never tell if she was serious. For example she'd say " In Thailand we eat everything...chicken, beef, fish, dog, cat, snake...Just kidding!". The class started with a trip to the market to ...
Chang Mai Day 204 (11th Dec)
Today we were ready for some more animal interaction, today with tigers! As we awoke and got ready to grab a tuk-tuk we all observed how Josh was walking in a peculiar way, at first we pondered whether he had accidentally (or purposefully) hooked up with ...
new year chrissamass
... to describe how cool the Chiang Mai new years was... I don't think anyway that I need to , not really part of my 'thailand' so I will put afew photos on here and the rest on facebook (gettint a little self conscious about everyone reading this) But I ...
Chang Mai Day 202 (9th Dec)
Today we got ourselves together and were picked up by the mini-bus to head towards the elephant trekking centreOn the way we stopped off to pick up the elephants snacks, tons of bannanas. As we continued towards the elephant trekking ...
The village people
... which is my Karen name and means beautifull aaah :) Gotta get the bus back soon: I'm feeling abit bad because we went off to Mae Hong Son last weekend (though I brought a proper pillow wgich will feel so so good) and Jean's coming out this weekend and ...
Day 8: ...and so the trek begins
... playful these animals are. If you come to Northern Thailand, this is a must! (you'll find elephant camps dotted all over North Thailand). --The start of the trek, the Licu tribe-- After the elephant trek, we took a short ride to our first tribal town to ...
Trekking adventure. Chapter two (of three)
It's still dark but the roosters already begin their morning calls. Those will continue for the next several hours in rounds of about three minutes with five minute breaks between rounds. Everyone in the hut is still asleep. In the ...
Ban Kham Suk
... by fairy lights...all abt surreal. But very ba\etifull. Met 2 guys from NZ who were taking a motorbike all round northern Thailand: Andy and Dan, they'd met by chance in Bangkok, friends of friends, and just went on together from there. very cool. Had a ...
Craving Pickles but Grinning Wildly
Cool and Quirky Observations about Thailand 1) Shrines: They are everywhere. In beautiful idyllic places, in hidden dark places, in front of temples, playgrounds and 7/11. The common offerings appear to be: flowers wrapped or woven into ...
At school...
... , cats are vermin. Oh we found a lovely cat wandered into the bar in Mae Hong Son, who the locals had named Seven Eleven (the Thailand Tescos) it was so small and weak I went and got it some milk, which again was apparently very funny. Not really that ...
Trekking in Chang Mai
After a couple of weeks doing basically nothing on the islands we were looking forward to City life again & it didn't disappoint. We spent 4 days here & they were quite busy. We went to the Grand Palace (which used to be the ...
Another journey...
Need to get out of Thailand in time...the thought continued in my mind... 6:15 my alarm went off. I quickly got dressed and actually used the water from the faucet in my room for the second time since in Asia to brush my teeth ( I was being ...
Thailand, Tribes and Torture!
We have just arrived back from our 5 day trek in the hills surrounding Mae Hongson which is cloase to the Burmese border and we are still reeling from our experiences which were so intense, challenging, humorous and revealing. This is probably the ...
Pia and Sopong
... three nights in Pai, a sleepy little village that lots of tourist go to chill out, mainly because that is where the drug laws is Thailand are a bit more relaxed than the rest of the country. One of trip to a waterfall I was stopped by a number of locals ...