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Chiang Mai is the starting point for treks up to Mae Hong Son and although I had already visited the hill tribes up north in 2007, I was happy to revisit the mountain village known as Pai. My previous memory of this town was associated with Israelis and Mediterranean food. However, in the last five years word has gotten out about this "must see" …
Being from Switzerland does not make me Swedish
... till platformen beger vi oss ut lite utanför det vanlig spåret man följer i hopp om att stöta på något coolt. Det coola, som inte var så coolt va spindlar till höger och vänster och efter ett tag fick Karen nog och vi vände tillbaka. Har man något av en fobi för spindlar förstår jag att man vill vända tillbaka då vi stötte på en härlig filur mitt på stigen. Se bild.
Okej dags för ett bra foto vid platformen och jag erbjuder mig att först ta ett kort på Karen ...
Chiangmai to Bangkok
... to grey eventually & the drunken tourists & ladyboys seemlessly disappear & merge into delivery men, shop owners & street sweepers as the city slowly shakes off the seediness of the night & prepares for daily business. Slowly the city wakes up & comes to life. It's funny seeing the drink guy asleep on the bench next to us wake up- you can see the cogs in his brain turning - where am I? How did I get here? He looks at us & laughed, probably because he's embarrassed! As he stumbles ...
Onward and northward.
... work for example. But I did spend two volunteer days a week for two months helping out at a little out of hours care charity in a small village called Ban Pong funded by the US Christian mob Venture. That was enough to suggest that teaching english to kids who arent interested for the sake of $$ would not be fulfilling for me, fun as it can be at times. True, there are good enough salaries to be had for fulltime teachers (~$1000US/month is not uncommon and you could live ...
Our little moto trip
... was still around 80 degrees C where we should have been able to bath. So all we could do was walk the small loop around the top of the springs and back down the other side. There was nothing else to do here so we left very disappointed and went back to Pai to go round the street stalls and see some o the town which we hadn't really seen although we had been there for 2 days. Latter that day we ate at one of the street vendors stalls selling ...
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TravelPod Member ReviewsPairadise
I can't recommend this place enough. The individual structured bungalows each come with their own hammock overlooking the pond. The brother of the owner is an absolute doll and a great cook.
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