Queen Victoria Inn Chiang Mai

... only a short walk and we ended up getting even further fried in the heat for about an hour (this saved us at least US$2 on a tuk tuk- whoohoo ..!). But then we decided to be smarter and got a tuk tuk (sort of 3 wheeled motorbike thingy) to the Grand Palace. We had both just read in the guidebooks that the Standard Scam at the palace is a local telling you the palace is closed, but he can get you on a tuk tuk to the next attraction for 30 Baht (less than US$1 ...

... just this shocked look on the monkey's face, and then it turned into a full snarl and he actually charged at Julie Ann. I was laughing so hard at her. Thankfully we made it outta there unscathed. <br><br>The past few days since I've been in Tharua, I've spent the bulk of my time with Charlotte and Julie Ann. One night my host dad even "forgot" to pick me up so I stayed over. We made pancakes. It's nice to go out with them and take walks, go to the ...

... duration of the trip. I couldn't really focus on it, however, as I was in a panick for three-quarters of the journey. It's 32km to the airport, and for the first half-hour we absolutely crawled along amidst a sea of slow-moving traffic. We left at 4pm, and my flight was at 6.25pm, with check-in closing an hour before. I had booked the cheapest ticket possible, which of course was non-refundable, and I had visions of missing the flight and having to waste more ...

... we were standing in the aisle with sellers of food and other goods passing by us about every other minute. I also had a cultural experience with a monk who made me completely move out of the aisle (because monks arent supposed to touch women)....on the touching subject, men are also not suposed to touch women in public and so anthony and I have had to keep out hands to ourselves (although we do sneak a cheeky kiss every now and then)<br>

... komin. Aedislegt tegar tad bidur manns madur a lestarstodinni med spjald sem a stendur &#8216;KRISTIN&#8217;. Eg var alls ekki voknud, en hann var ofur hress og tok mig I skodunarferd I verksmidjur. Eg sa hvernig silki er buid til, litlu ormana og hvernig puburnar eru sodnar til ad fa silkid. I einni budinni tok a moti mer madur, sem sagdist vera fra Kasmir:D hann var mjog fyndinn og langadi endilega ad selja mer rumteppi med dregli ofan a 12.000 kr. Eg gat ekki ...

... a ********cept to live with. Understanding is one thing, but it's hard to just be okay with it. Just because something is the way it is doesn't mean it should be. I see paint peeling off of buildings who knows how old. Rusted tin panels hastily nailed together to make a flimsy shelter that houses a whole family, 5 adorable tiny puppies I want to take home but I know they will all just grow up with fleas and wander around looking ...

... gelukkig uit het zicht verdwenen. Daarna trokken we met een frans meisje naar een halfverlaten strand waar we een 4-tal dagen snorkelden, mooie wandelingen maakten, toffe mensen leerden kennen, etc. <br><br> De dag van de Full Moon Party stonden we allen in twijfel of we wel terug wilden keren naar Had Rin maar tegen middernacht vertrokken we dan toch per boot met het plan er het beste van te maken. Vanuit de verte zag je een zee van lichtjes en fluo opduiken en ...

... soup)! On the way here I saw the ugly side of my shoe compromise as deang rushed us down this 90 degree slope, thank god it was not raining like the day before or I wouldn't have made it as I fell numerous times! Lunch was certainly welcome. After lunch the sun was out and we made our way to another waterfall which was calmer than the previous and beautiful. Tarzan tried to convince us to jump off a high rock, which we were goig to ...

... in and around markets! Some of this is Jen&#8217;s constant feeling that an amazing bargain is just around the corner (although the prospect of carrying her gains for the rest of the year usually makes her see sense). The other factor is that Thai life seems to revolve entirely around the markets. Every town has a number of daytime markets as well as one or two night markets. In most cases, the markets take place every day so there is always ...

... over the place. You can sit down for a glass of wine or taste the grape juice. In the middle of the day and with some driving ahead of me I went for the Shiraz grape juice. Hard to explain how wonderful this was. It makes a great tour for the weekend. You leave Bangkok and drive via Saraburi to the wine area. Close to the north entrance of the national park there are various hotels in different classes. We stayed previously at the Greenery Resort ...