Baan Silp Hotel Chiang Rai

260/44 Moo 15, Sankhongnoy T. Robwiang Chiang Rai, Thailand

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Temples and Tribes

A travel blog entry by tdv95

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... After a pretty good meal cooked up by our earnest guide (he told us what it was in very loud 'English' but...) we did bunk down in a hut that was all ours- it was further up the hill with a million dollar view of the village and valley below. Unfortunately none of those millions were spent on a bed/mattress/pad so there wasn't a lot of sleep happening under the thin blankets on a cement floor- I lost complete feeling in body parts I didn't even know I ...

Thailand

A travel blog entry by thaddeus_lotte

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... tafels en stoelen voor een monk chat. Monniken willen graag Engels oefenen, daarom kan je als toerist met ze praten. Wij praten een hele tijd met een monnik die verteld over zijn leven. Heel interessant om te horen en we leren hem ook nog wat Nederlands. We doen ook een kookcursus. Eerst naar de markt waar we de kruiden en ingrediënten van de Thaise keuken krijgen uitgelegd. Bij de kookschool kiest ieder 7 gerechten om te maken en zijn we de hele dag ...

Chiang Rai: The Green and Golden Triangles

A travel blog entry by mchao

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... the bamboo mats and stone headrests for opium smokers to relax on (though hard, with enough opium, I guess they'd feel just like a soft bed).

It's interesting, the most interesting part of Sop Ruak anyway, but you can be out of that town in an hour and still feel like you've done what you came to do. We sped out of town and back towards Chiang Saen, the last stop of the day, but ironically the first capital of the Lanna kingdom. Founded in the 7th century, ...

Trekking Thai Style!

A travel blog entry by kaydeetravels

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... down and nearly took us both out!

Chiang Rai is about 3hrs north of Mai and seems to be a more laid back, smaller, relaxed version of Chiang Mai. It has everything you need but on a smaller scale which was nice. The night bazaar, for example, is probably a quarter of the size but still brilliant and they have big stages up showing live music and dancing. Very entertaining.

As the trekking areas are quicker to get to here we decided ...

Vibes from the Tribe

A travel blog entry by clare_and_will

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... farm and showed us some furry caterpillars and fruit. We ate a feast of Akha style traditional food which mainly came from the family’s farm. It consisted of beans, cabbage and pork, roasted peanuts and a yummy spicy sauce which Akha have with most meals made from chilli, peanut, coriander and garlic. The Akha eat more Chinese style than Thai with rice bowls and chopsticks. Most of our meals were on a similar vein, including breakfast and lunch but with a ...

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