Baan Ton Nam 31 Chiang Rai

... washed down with a new brand of beer - Chang, and then a trip to Boots to stock up. I was in heaven, it's tragic how much I enjoyed a simple trip to Boots after nearly 6 months away. We also popped into the local Tesco 'Lotus' - their Asian brand, it's not quite the same as back in Goodmayes or Milton Keynes - we found chicken 'paw' in the chiller cabinet. We also came across a strange rule, you can only buy alcohol between 11am - 2pm and 5pm - 11pm. It was 4.30pm ...

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... 8217; as such, the ride was longer, about an hour or so, and you also felt that you were not on the tourist trail. We didn’t see any other elephants on the trial and the guide also let me ride on the head/neck and drive it! Julia didn’t fancy that and stayed on the seat and got sea sickness...not really...but I risked chaffing the old leg on the neck and although had to keep my balance and hang on bit here ...

... the centre.While travelling through town my driver saw his son and thought it would be a great idea to hold allthetraffic up and pull off this outrageous manouvuer to swing around andtalk to him for a few minutes! Okay I'm cool with this, I noticed that (probably) becasue most people have budist links,everyone seemed very calm and laid back- there was no hurry toget to the centre, so, why hurry? When I arrived, apart from myelf and Juan, all the other ...

Must tell you about our boat trip down the Mae nam kok river yesterday. Our fears first arose over the eyesight of the boatman, he only had one good eye, secondly there were no seats. When we were settled comfortably on floor cushions we set off, along with 8 other intrepid travellers, 20 minutes into the journey our fears were confirmed when we hit a sand bank. The boatman took off his trousers and got into ...

... for the delivery. Avis wanted to charged another THB $800 to collect the car but to which I refused. I drove to return the car at the airport instead. Now, about route 118. One of the best roads I ever drove. In the rented Vios I drove, severely underpowered and not a car of my choice but budget constraints I had ...

... especially older farang in Chiang Mai. - Easy to travel, tuc tuc, min bus, local bus (big bus), boat, train, fly etc. - Motorbike rental is so cheap and is a great why to get around. If you own one of these bikes you will never walk anywhere again. - North Thailand is much more about nature, culture and taking it easy. - South Thailand is beach, party and fun. - Should have gone to Ko Tao - Shouldn't have gone to Ko Samui Next stop Laos, whahey!

... constant over-attentiveness of the guide started to really get to me on day 2 and I found myself becoming intensely irritable. Was it too much to ask to just be able to walk in peace without him leaping to my aid with balm every time I so much as brushed a fly from my arm??!! That said, we were blessed with glorious sunshine at last and the scenery was quite spectacular, with some pretty impressive waterfalls along the way, and only ...

Naysayers... they said it couldn't be done. The tour companies in Pai said, that due to the New Year Holiday, the minibuses and buses were full or not running back to Chiang Mai for several days. That we were stuck in Pai, which is an okay place to get stuck in, but we wanted to move along. So it was yesterday that we were getting negative answers from the tour agencies. While "moving along" to the bus station to check to see if there were either buses or ...

... sour taste in the mouth. everyone was interested in how much they could squeeze out of you, and nothing else. too expensive, too few smiles, too much demanding. i could bang on for a while about this, but it isn't worth my effort. shame because the city itself is beautiful. while away, a german tourist died in vientiane. he'd been cycling near one of the city sites, when he was overcome by the heat. unfortunately he passed out right in front of a lorry, which ...

... makes about three hundred dollars a month, is between thirty-five and forty years old, single, speaks enough English to get past first base, and has a little smile cute enough to melt hardened hearts. Interested? Keep checking for a Google Ad to appear somewhere on this page, and then click on it. The robots and web spiders don't seem too smart, though. I told you I'd help you cheat the Eurail Pass, and then their ad shows ...