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Tour of hilltribes
... pepper, lemon grass, and wood for a fire. Her one bedroom house was build of bamboo raised floor, with nails and other hangers to keep her place quite organized, she had a propane stove, chichens and pigs running around, only one door, to keep out bad spirits, and everyone has a little spirit house. Around the village, families live, if man wants to marry woman, he has to pay the family 2 chickens, 1 bag of rice and a bottle of whiskey. They ...
Food and Dring
... it, because I think they have a little more confidence to try out their English when they aren’t around their friends. Most students just write “Thanks for add me,” and today I got a message that just said “Thank J “. So I am responding and hoping that maybe this way in class they will at least be more comfortable with me because we chatted on Facebook… or something like that. It was pretty funny because one girl came up to me after her ...
Discovering Magic on Earth
As the rest of our housemates decided to remain in Bangkok, Alexis and I were figuring out where we could go to get out of Bangkok! I suggested Chiang Rai became our mutual decision for a quick weekend with the lovely mountains of the North. The bus was long and uncomfortable as ever, but we made it safe into town in the early hours of the morning and headed to a Guesthouse suggested by my trusty Lonely Planet. We took a quick nap and then took to exploring the small city. ...
Last stop in Northern Thailand
... that we just decided to hoon round and see the sights of Chiang Rai instead.
The White Temple or Wat Rong Khun was spectacular. If this is the only temple we see in Thailand - which it will be - I'll be happy. Building started in 1997 and is still going on today, expected to be done by 2070, the grounds will comprise of nine buildings when it's finished. It's a very non-traditional, contemporary Buddhist temple which has been ...
Biking through the stunning Thai countryside
... we'd had an awesome day. Back at the hostel we cleaned ourselves up before having a walk into town to meet Adam and Stephanie. We wandered around the market a while and then went to the food court to try out a Thai steamboat. We sat at a table and a woman brought over two boiling clay pots of stock. These were resting over a pot of hot coals to keep them hot. With the stock came plates of veg and noodles, some eggs and pots of meat. We weren't really sure what we were meant to e ...