Chang Mai
Travel Blogs from Chang Mai, Thailand
Up north to Chang Mai
... bike and climbed the 300 steps that lead to the Wat, its a pretty beautiful place with great views over the countryside and Chang Mai. That night we visited the Night Bazaar, a really really big market aimed at tourists which sells everything. Once again ...
Tripping in Thailand
... in the audience try it and it took him 3 go's to get the right number!! They use the monkeys over in Thailand to help them get the coconuts out of the trees. The monkeys can get them much quicker and don't complain ...
Jungle trekking
... the night before as we all had itches in strange places! Wednesday 31st March - Day of leisure after our activities trekking - Only had the energy to visit the flower market of Chiang Mai (beautiful orchids!) and ended up in Tescos in the ...
More thoughts about SE Asia
... of you up on what has been going on. Everything is going pretty well and we took an overnight train to the city of Chang Mai, in northern Thailand. It is actually a very pretty city, the nicest one we have been to yet.. We left the boring island of Koh ...
ENJOY DINNER -- ENJOY LIFE!
... my horror when we got there and was actually just two ladyboys playing table tennis! After Bangkok, Giggs and I headed north to Chang Mai while Terry went to Pattaya to start his 6 month scuba diving course (with some extra baggage, i.e. mine and ...
OUCHY! TRAVELLING HURTS! (So go hard, or go home!)
Gee day all! Crikey! Not long to go now, here's what the Giggs and myself have been up to over the last few weeks... After Chang Mai, when we headed further north to Chang Rai. We had planned to go east, but the manager at our guest house said the ...
Jon and Ellie's escapades
... - we bought a new one and managed to get some good shots of the grand palace before catching the sleeper train up to Chang Mai. We spent three days in Chang Mai - lazing aroung the pool and reading on the sunday, Elelphant trekkiing and bamboo ...
chang dry!!
Chang mai was ok but not what i expected at all. it was pretty quiet and most places were closed after songkran. We went to a party one night which looked pretty cool when we got there and they were playing drum n base. It turned out to pretty rubbish ...
A day spent with the hilltribes of north Thailand
Fergus and I slept really sound. But many of our group grumble about the cocks crowing at all hours of the night. Not to mention the dogs howling/growling/fighting. Plus, when two of the families 6 dogs come into our quarters, 5 persons follow them in ...
My apologies to the king
... I'd like to therefore offer my sincere apologies to the thai nation and the monarchy! 30 Aug 03 5pm and time to leave Chang Mai. Special thanks to Annette and the staff at the Eagle Guesthouse, www.eaglehouse.com, for all their help and advice, ...
Arrive tup north
CLICK ON PHOTOS AT TOP TO ENLARGE! The trains quite nice, at least you can sleep on it which is nic after all the bus journeys. We leave the station and are met by a huge horde of tuk tuk drivers and hostel owners with placards trying to get you to ...
Back to Thailand
... fly there and got in about 3 hours later - bursting for the toilet. We stayed in a great hotel in the old town of Chang Mai - Smile Guest house - which had a really relaxed atmosphere and even had a swimming pool. In fact it was so chilled out we got ...
Chang Mai
Well, we have left the beaches behind and are now in Chang Mai,a city in northern Thailand. We had to travel about 24 hours to get here. We took a 3 hour ferry from Ko Tau to the mainland, then an 11 hour overnight train to Bangkok. Then we flew from ...
Bangkok and Chang Mai
... wandering around Bangkok a bit more going to the national musuem and gallery and generally killing time until we could catch our bus to Chang Mai. Our passports were due to arrive at 5.30pm from the various embassies with our visas stamps on, when at 6.10 ...
Chang Mai - back again
I returned from Pai to my spiritual home of Chang Mai, I have to admit I really like this place. I rented a scooter and speed up to Doi Suthep for sunset, an amzing temple, not only for its location which is at the top of a large hill/small ...
Trek dans la jungle...
Premier jour du Trek. Pas violent violent... Beaucoup de bus, et une heure de marche jusqu'au village où nous allons dormir. Notre groupe est constitué de 13 personnes, moyenne d'age 20/25 ans. Heureusement, la région où nous sommes est un peu moins ...
Trekking in the hills
... mother was thai he told us to go out into town and celebarte the Festival that was happening all weekend in Chang Mai and all of Thailand. We went out and watched the parade through the streets Vicky got excited and started remenicing about Pudsey ...
A day in Bangkok and travelling to Chang Mai
... the photos and go to the travel agency, she has rang the embassy and I am to go tomorrow to arrange my visas. I am going to Chang Mai tomorrow. This has pissed me off... quite allot. The day feels wasted as I could have gone to the embassy myself this ...
Oh my Buddah!
We arrived at Chang Mai on 9th Feb, and had a pool day. The next day we began the mamouth trek that we had booked earlier on in Bangkok. Our group consisted of the 3 of us, 3 perople from Scotland and a French couple. It was a really nice group and ...
back to eagle house
back to chang mai for four nights. chilled out today. needed the rest! internet, read etc... got a tuk tuk to a spa place and got our sore bits poked and prodded! dan had a back, neck and shoulder thai massage and i had the full body. ouch a roo! my calf ...
Cooking, Eating, and Making Ourselves at Home.
... ;many tourists - it means they can collect more money than perhaps elsewhere in the country. As is the case everywhere in Thailand, food is also a big draw in the market. The smells vary from the mouthwatering to the gut wrenching as you ...
Chang Mai
... enjoyed experiencing the local culture and seeing all the families supporting their children. We experienced some gorgeous food whilst in Chang Mai, having rice, noodles and fruit shakes for breakfast filled us up for the day!for only 2 pounds ...
Chang Mai, ich komme
In Chiang Mai verbrachte ich zwei tage und hatte Glueck, das ich gerade jetzt in diese Stadt gereist bin! Ich wurde Zeuge einer der Schoensten Festivals in Thailand! Wenn nicht sogar DAS ...
Dogs, elephants, rain, and more rain!
... afternoon (because I can!) and had a leisurely late breakfast sitting in the sun. Probably the best weather since I arrived in Chang Mai. Booked a 2 day rainforest trek with the good people at the Eagle Guest House for 27 Aug and met David for ...
Trekking in North Thailands Jungle
... most spectacular religous festival, the Songkhran when the Thai New Year is welcomed in with massive public waterfights in the streets. Chang Mai and Thanon Khao San in Bangkok are most exuberant. Our campsite is amazing.. bamboo huts, which creek ...
Chang Mai
... i need more time here so after Laos i plan to backtrack into Thailand to see all of the north and east. Our accommodation in Chang Mai is a simple chalet but with a swimming pool and an all you can eat buffet for breakfast so most of the time is spent ...
12 hours on a bus with absolutely no sleep!
... I headed out in to Chang Mai with the Irish girls, and spent a couple of hours learning about the city's history at the Chang Mai Cultural Centre. Having acclimatised to Bangkok, Chang Mai is a very different. It's much quieter and much less designed for ...
more and more coach problems!!!
... a guesthouse..... We have booked a three day, two night trek which includes hill walking, elephant rides, waterfalls, staying with hill tribes and bamboo rafting......all pretty much textbook chang mai trekking stuff but we are all excited about ...
Re-structuring in Chang Mai
... there was no danger of being showered with some guys unwanted beetle nut spittings (yes that happened in Myanmar too). Once in Chang Mai we checked into a very clean and reasonably priced guest house and began a week of cultural cellibacy. Istead of ...
Sonkran
... . The next day we all put on the same clothes and decided to make a mission. There are several bridges across the moat in Chiang Mai, so the plan was to secure each end of the bridge, then soak everyone standing on it, making them either retreat off ...

