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Barry's Thai Adventure. D-1
Arrival day in Chiangmai. Great expectations as I arrived at Tonys Big Bikes to pick up my long awaited VRX 400. Have been emailing for weeks to ensure all was in place and I could ride off into the highlands. Buggar!- bike is in bits in the workshop waiting for parts from Bangkok. Had I known I could have popped them in my backpack. Best estimate …
Thai Cooking Class
So I was very excited about today, we were doing a Thai cooking class and people that know me know how much I love cooking!
We were picked up at our hotel by our Chef 'Tommy' and were taken to the local market to look at the different produce. We were given menu cards and had to choose 5 different dishes we wanted to cook. We were then …
Chapter Eleven - Chiang Mai, Thailand
So by now, most of you (and the world) know about what we did in Chiang Mai, but for the sake of the blog and to gloat a little bit more we will write about probably our joint favourite thing we have done to date. Now, that's not to say everything up until this point has been average, far from it, but when you get the chance to do a once in a …
A Healthy Dose of Adrenaline
... DVD you could imagine, charcoal pictures copied from photographs which were amazing and then all the usual fake designer handbags/watches etc and a multitude of food and drink stalls.
Our walk from the guest house to the night markets involved a slightly uncomfortable walk down a street which could only be described as a magnet for older, white men who were hanging off the much younger girls (and lady boys) in the bars, some of the lady boys looked very convincing!
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Chiang Mai
... br> The park was created by a woman who is from the northern highlands of Thailand and grew up with elephants. She could no longer live with the abuse and mistreatment that she witnessed all over the country. Thais seem to have a very conflicted relationship with these animals. They are highly revered in a religious sense, with images and statuary frequently appearing in Thai Buddhist temples. They have also been used traditionally as beasts of burden, ...