Chiang Mai Thai House

... br> abbastanza traumatica vista l'indole da pilota dell'autista che al vedere
un qualsiasi mezzo lo sorpassasse diventava pazzo e lo doveva risorpassare...
tutto questo in una umida strada tra le montagne della thailandia e con
la puzza di bruciato che ci sembrava di sentire quando il mezzo frenava
! Siamo arrivati a Mae Salong in serata, abbiamo dato un'occhiata in giro
e ...

... and likes - should be good.

Well it seems that I will be staying in Chiang Mai for rather longer than I had originally anticipated, there seems no reason to leave at the moment as I am having a great time. I think im going to use the city as a base to go to a town further up in the hills called Pai for a few days, which I've heard quite a few people rave about, and also go to Laos (for maybe a fortnight) and back from here. I think I might have just cut the Vietnam leg of ...

... scorpions, locusts, pigs heads, etc. & worms !!! Just been on a longtail boat on the Mekong into Laos for a quick shopping trip @ a Laos market - interesting! Didn't buy any snake or scorpion whiskey though!! Update again soon when we've arrived @ Chiang Mai (tomorrow) - just off to the pool for another cocktail and a swim - Bye for now! Love Steve & Jude

... a cocktail. I took my malaria pill and couldn't even manage a cup of tea I felt so sick so it was back to the cool air con room for me!!! I was a bit sick...teach me to take it without eating, won't make that mistake again. Jo and Camille took a wander around the town which is quite small. Once I felt human again after a good nap we went in search of the night market and some ...

... rice and an individually-sealed rice cracker to the monks. There is certain protocol when interacting with a monk, particularly for women. It is supposed to be illegal for a woman to touch or talk to a monk, and is probably best not to make eye contact. However, we have met other women traveling, who have been approached by novice monks who wish to practice their English. One young monk even went so far as to give her sort of a hug. Apparently some ...

... then took us to the border an hour away. We then took a ferry boat ride (long skinny open boat) across the Mekong to Huay Xai, Laos where we obtain or Laotian visas, walked down to the "slow boat" waiting to take us on our 2 day journey on the Mekong River to Luang Prabang. We were one of the last ones in line to board the slow boat (I had to buy munchies for the ride) so when we arrive, we saw the boat was essentially full, very full. The seats were 1 x 8" in ...

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One of the tribes is the Long Neck Tribe. They actually keep to themselves at this cooperative, according to the guide they are very shy. The girls of this tribe get their first brass coils at age 5 and as they grow they get longer coils. They don't actually have longer necks, but the weight of the coils crushes their collarbones giving them ...

... section so that our bums weren’t in the water which comes up between. Mind you, when you go in some white water you get wet anyway and when you went down the big rapids you got wet to your waist as it all went underwater. Nathan stood at the back pushing with a pole. It took him a little while to get the hang of it, but soon was powering until he lost his balance and fell ...