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Thaton
Travel Blogs from Thaton, Thailand
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Insight, here I come...
This is a top pick! Going up there to finally do a 7 or 10-day (fear of commitment) Vipassana mediation course, after thinking about it for 11 months. Talk about avoidance. Back in Chaing Mai in a couple of ...
Thaton
... statues. We had a very leisurely day strolling up to these Buddhas and taking in the view. Throughout our travels in Thailand, we had heard about a subgroup of the Karen tribe called the Padung tribe or Long neck tribe. Apparently, this ...
Camino hacia Chiang Rai
Vamos camino a Chiang Rai pero para hacerlo "diferente", hemos optado por la opcion de llegar en el boat-bus... asi, estamos en Thaton, alojados en el Garden Home Nature Resort (http://www.natureresort.th.gs/), nice place to stay in Thaton, con la idea de ...
Boats, buses, bikes... part 1.
... stops. We got off at this one set of hot springs. I think someone should explain to me how it's fair that Thailand with is 30'C weather, needs so many hotsprings, when Ontario clearly needs more... But hotsprings here mean business, there's no ...
Close to the border
Moved on yesterday from Chiang Dao by local bus up to the border (with Myanmar/Burma) town of Thaton. Not much here except the river and today we are taking the boat to Chiang rai. The town is very quiet and lots of businesses have closed due to the lack ...
Further North and Higher up
... our driver makes a sharp turn. It's a wonder that we didn't roll over. The ride to furthest Northern part of Thailand wasn't a very smooth ride. Some roads were rocky, many were narrow and winding. I was worried about falling out of that door if I ...
Travel by bus from Chiang Mai to Thaton
After breakfast, we head further north and travel by air-conditioned minibus to ...
Church and Farewell to Faith Village
Worship this morning began at 10:00 AM in the newly built church situated at the entrance of Faith Village. Bill, Scott, and I may have only understood a very small portion of the foreign words spoken, but God's message was clear and strong! Sanan ...
Thaton and the 9 levels
On the move again, we left Chang Mai today and traveled by ute to a small resort in a little village called Thaton. We arrived around mid day and had lunch at the resort. The resort was built in an elbow of a bigish river with the other side being a ...
Chaing Rai Hill tribe jungle trek
So, a lot has been happening in the last week and Lucy and I have trekked our butts off! From Chaing Rai we went on our 2 day trek to the Northern Hill tribes, which was just amazing! We started off with a longtail boat ride to a tiny village, ...
Christmas Eve in a Small Thailand Village
... by Nid and Paulo, a Thai/French family. It is by far the most beautiful surroundings we've experienced in Thailand. We enjoyed a complimentary breakfast served on the balcony of the main house this morning, and were ready when the boys picked ...
Christmas Day Celebrations
Merry Christmas! The day began at 8:00am with Christmas music playing and the soccer field was transformed into "A Game Extravaganza". Jai, who serves in many important capacities at the village, planned and organized the games. The ...
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