Chiangmai Holiday Hotel Chiang Mai

... I am meeting Suda and Laurel to take a sawngthaew (a pick up truck with 2 rows, used as a cheap taxi) to Tae Pae Gate in the old city. <br><br>I received this card from my adopted parents upon my departure from the States. I have to share it because I have hung on to the words to remind myself of my true character:<br>At times, life's path seems filled with things that make the going rough,<br>And ...

Famous porridge in Chiang Mai - Jok Sompet Restaurant In Thailand, rice congee is known as &#8220;jok&#8221; (&#3650;&#3592;&#3658;&#3585;) and is often served as breakfast with a raw or partially-cooked egg added. If you are travelling into Chiang Mai downtown areas, you must not miss out a bowl of piping hot porridge canto ...

Temples don't come much more beautiful, and settings are rarely as serene. Set over 1000m high in the mountains over Chiang Mai city, where the air was cool and the atmosphere tranquil, sits Doi Suthep Buddhist temple. It's a popular tourist spot, but also home to a community of orange robed Buddhist monks and novices... and me, for the next four days.<br>Legend has it that in the 1300s, the then King of Thailand wished to build a new temple for an order of monks. He placed ...

... Airways has an office at the airport in Chiang Mai (tel. 05328-1519, or 02229-3434 in Bangkok; www.bangkokair.com) and flies at least twice daily from Bangkok.For rock-bottom prices, check with new budget carriers such as Air Asia(tel. 05392-2170; www.airasia.com); they fly from Bangkok to Chiang Mai for as little as 800B (US$22/£12). Nok Air (tel. 05392-2183 or tel. 1318 ...

... to go for something a little more exotic next time.<br>Today also happened to be maria's birthday. In the evening we went to the riverside part of time and spent a while pursing the markets and tasting numerous bits and bobs....as if we hadnt had enough to eat already that day! Eventually after searching high and low for good ice-cream we ended up in a very swanky restuarant looking like something the cat had dragged in and totally out of place. I started with a cookie, before ...

... of the recipients went into wild trances, talking in tongues and flinging body parts around. Obviously we had lucked out and come across a public, senior dance marathon/exorcism festival. How lucky can one person be in a month here in Thailand??? First the Hindu go-go sex show and now a dance - athon -exorcism. And....I was there with Mariel a Norwegian dancing machine!!!! She is a therapist who uses art and dance in therapy and ...

... Jeff's tigers were smaller and cuter though still not cubs as we assumed they would be. We did wander over to have a look at the two fully grown tigers and my god they were huge, i honestly think that even if the option was there to go in with them, i don't think i would do it. We contemplated visiting the snake farm on the way back, but as i can possibly think of nothing worse than seeing large snakes in very un secure looking enclosures, that idea was soon out the ...

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... were a group of nine people, all very friendly. We spent the whole day on a cooking class outside of town. First, we all went to the market and the guy was explaining us the various veg and herbs from Asia and bought the ingredients for the class. We made six dishes, all different (you could choose). We made spring rolls, Thai noodles, chicken coconut soup and many other stuff. We even made our own curry paste!!How spicy!! We also carved some carrots for ...

Our big adventure day. We were picked up just after eight, having checked out and cloaked our luggage. A tour group of 10, we started by looking at how they make a paper products out of elephant dung. Waited around whilst two others arrived to join our tour, then on to the elephant camp just in time to the show. First the elephants were scrubbed in the river, then they performed all the tricks for us -- carrying logs, raising flags, kneeling, sitting, painting, playing football and ...