Chiang Mai
Travel Blogs from Chiang Mai, Thailand
Experiences in the Jungle
... got a little wet (or, at least made sure you did!). After our excursion, many of our group visited the Night Market in Chiang Mai to get a massage. A full body massage is a bargain at less than $10 per hour. In Thai massage, the masseur uses his/her ...
Train Trip to Chiang Mai
... ... and I'm currently contemplating spending more time in this city after my 2 months through China... I'm writing this on arrival in Chiang Mai so I'm a bit worse for wear. It is a public holiday today so most places of interest are closed. The ...
In Thailand: TESOL course and Alex visits
... . The following week, Alex and I headed up North to Chiang Mai, staying with Tim (a friend of mine) and exploring Chiang Mai (particularly the night markets). We quickly caught up with my friends Phra Boun Savat, Boun Thavee and Dan - all of which ...
Merry Christmas - pass the rat, please
... as Christmas, even though it is damn cold in the early morning. Waking up in a tiny hill tribe village in remote northern Thailand is a far cry from holly, mistletoe and gifts beneath the Christmas tree with family and friends. For the last six years our ...
Coffee... On a slippery slope in Thailand.
... return again for a longer period of time to Thailand. As soon as I fire off this pod I'm heading south Sukhothai which is halfway between Chiang Mai and Bangkok. A 5 hour bus ride. Being tanked up on coffee I seriously hope there is a loo on the ...
Loy Krathong - Yi Peng
... and skies are ablaze. We'd seen some photos and videos and it looked unreal. So we decided last year that we'd go to Chiang Mai next for the festival in 2008. We took a few days off, booked a nice room for too much money ($45) and bought ...
Like birds in the sky
... . Here the extra jacket comes in handy. We first fly towards the town over the little villages and newly developed communities surrounding Chiang Mai. Then we turn around to the south as we cannot get too close to the town and the commercial airport. To ...
Jungle Trek
... , because everyone has been recommending I see it. On Monday night I caught the overnight sleeper train up to Chiang Mai in the North of Thailand. I met a tour group and joined them drinking vodka and red bull until the wee small hours. On Tuesday I ...
Hi ho, a trekking we shall go!
It took 12 hours on an over night train to get to Chiang Mai. As soon as we got to our guest house at 8am we were already being sold a 3 day trek starting the very next day! So we decided to waste no time and booked our selves in for a bit of adventure in ...
2 Jan 2550 - to Chaing Mai
... just as rude, or by becoming greedy or by being very fake. It will be nice to leave here and get back to Thailand. More thoughts on Chiang Mai - thinking back to when I first came here (maybe about 6 years ago) I already felt at that time that Chiang ...
Leaving Chiang Mai
... take a single shot, deciding I didn't want to add to the feeding frenzy. I caught an early afternoon flight and landed in Chiang Mai an hour later. The weather was sweltering as usual, and I quickly checked into the Awana Guest House and changed ...
Jungle Fever
... him in Ayuthaya, and now here - get the feeling I might see him again! The mosquito's have also greeted my arrival - Chiang Mai is particularily bad, maybe because of all the water, and I'm losing this battle - despite spraying chemical after chemical ...
Zoo Visit
As most of you know we love zoos, so we made a trip to the city's zoo. Since they (Thai Government) are not concerned about legal issues (like back in the States) you can get very close to the animals. This allows for some great pictures even though ...
I spent today playing with tigers, yep!
Today I spent the day at Tiger Kingdom in Mae Rim, its close to the Four Seasons and a little like it! I'm not used to seeing animal parks with five star bathrooms, and I was pleasantly surprised! It was only B300 ($9-ish US) to spend a half ...
First Day Out in Chiang Mai
... some child who had the same date of birth and date of death. I thought about strolling by the maternity ward at the Chiang Mai hospital and giving them some pointers on hygiene and baby CPR. But time didn't permit. So we just strolled ...
Sawaat di kaa everyone!!! well we have just ...
... do it again, knowing what it is like but I thought because we were beginners they would be easy on us...not the way in Thailand....We slept on floors in thatched roof huts with no mattresses just with a very thin mat and a blanket and cement like square ...
Friendly People
Chiang Mai is a lovely town in the North of Thailand with a temple high up in the clouds on a mountain top. As we reached the top of this wonder, I realized that I had forgotten the camera (but not the hats). I am hoping that my sister and brother in law ...
Why am I in Chiang Mai?
... no happiness. I hadn’t even considered that the Chinese New Year might limit the number of guesthouse rooms available in Chiang Mai. Energy suddenly became of utmost importance as I wandered the streets with my back-pack, in search of a ...
Too good to be true, but it was!
... with me but the rest of the passengers luggage was piled up down below where the lower seats had been removed. On arrival at Chiang Mai we were taken directly to the Paradise Guest House. I was sure that this was where the organisers of this cheap ...
Hello everyone! jayne here thought we would ...
... we last wrote we attended Monk Chat and payed alms to the Monks, Participated in the annual Loy Kruthong festival, went to the Chiang Mai Cultural Center and went up a mountain to the Doi Sethep temple on motorbike. Monk Chat was a very interesting ...
Chiang Mai Chillin'
Ooooh its nice here. Really nice. The stories were all true. Its so relaxed and laid back here. Reminds me a bit of Yangshou in China, a real backpackery (is that even a word? It is now!!) kinda place. We hopped off the overnight train, which was ...
Back in the Magic Kingdom
... 't take it so I headed out and away from the guesthouse. It's a bit early to make a decision of whether or not I like Chiang Mai. I found an interesting little area inside the old part of town where you can order a cocktail and then get street food and ...
Chapter 35: Soaked for Songkran
... taxi into the center of the city, found a room at Kristi Guesthouse, and had a good pizza dinner at La Villa Pizzeria. Chiang Mai is a walled city surrounded by a moat, and during the day the streets along the moat are the scene of the Songkran ...
Chiang Mai part ii
Chiang Mai, revisited So I flew back to Chiang Mai from Myanmar, reeling a bit from the big month before and harbouring the remnants of a nasty cough the appeared in the middle of the ferry adventure a few days before. I'll never scoff again at another ...
Muay Thai, Markets and Meditation in Chiang Mai
... -up-and-go types we are want to do ALL of it... but we've had to pick and choose... here's part one of the Chiang Mai diary :) So our first night in Chiang Mai was a Sunday, which is lucky for us because every Sunday the area around our ...
Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
... classroom was really comfortable and the open air kitchen with a bunch of individual work stations was a trip to cook in! Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School: Day 2: June 15th: Course 3 Tom Kha Gai: Chicken in coconut milk soup Gaeng ...
Chiang Mai and Trekking
We left the Bangkok at the unearthly hour of 4.30 am in order to catch a connecting flight up to Chiang Mai. Finally out of the red hot and smoggy Bangkok it was up to the slightly (but not much cooler) Chiang Mai. We were picked up at the airport by ...
