Doi Tung Lodge Chiang Rai

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From leaving Heathrow and landing in Chiang Rai, I can't have slep more that 5 hours; drinks in Fram for my fareweell seemed an age ago, despite only leaving yesterday. The flight was actaully quite alright, good films and aswome Inidan cuisine inflight. Flying over Europe, Iran and Pakistan I watched the amazing landscapes fly past a thousand feet below, the twinkling cities of Iran glistened in the desert as the sun set over my encroaching adventure; that ...

... we might buy Chian Guest house. This seems unlikely at the moment. I also mentioned some land near Baan Ruam Mit before (I think), but again we have decided against that. However we have found some very cheap and nice land on the road towards Prasoert that we intend to buy. See the pictures. Added to that Kanchana has brought a photocopying business. This is the first week that she has run it and it has done very well ...

... southern town of satun. it was an early start and in seemingly common fashion, it was yet to be an epic land journey ahead! basically thailand has had its fair share of problems over the years, such as the tsunmai,bird flu,martial law being declared and governennt being overthrown,to the recent airport demonstrations in bangkok etc.. so tourism kind of slumped somewhat. previously one could get a 30 day,on the spot visa, arriving by land or air. but in ...

Monday 5 January 2552 I started the work day by picking up a new volunteer, Toni, from Chian Guest house at about 0730. She wasn't ready when I arrived but soon was and we then drove to Mirror Foundation. Next was a series of meetings and discussions, mainly with Moo, Daow, Aye, Aom and Thellie. Skipping the details - basically all is good. Mirror Art Guest house (http://www.mirrorartgroup.org/guesthou se/) which I have about a 10% share in and which will ...

... Now to find out about the boat. An American couple took Craig and Conor to a travel agents which we then discovered the boat too 2 days. Or there is a fast one that is very dangerous so that one was not an option. Then we found out had we gone to Chang Mai we could fly there but that was a 5 hour bus backwards. Nightmare. There was also a plane from Huay Xai to Luang ...

... the cyclone victims. These actions undoubtedly caused people more suffering. The majority of the population in the affected areas are from the Karen ethnic group. It is speculated that the military junta's discriminatory views of this ethnic group also contributed to their lack of willingness to act. On May 31st Burma Issues traveled to Rangoon. Burma Issues co-operates with a local partner organization in it's work and so it was decided to work with ...

... one bungalow pictured there, his best but we didn't see it as it was in use when we arrived. He has a clever operation which it seems to me is deliberately designed to entrap guests in his guest house by offering a free pick-up service from Chiang Rai which doesn't arrive at the guest house until shortly before dusk by which time it is too late to leave. Even if you managed it don't use the map on the website, it's upside down. The direction indicator may show Chaing ...

... lifestyles were similar, but time during our daily adventures only allowed for a very minimal education of any of their other practices. Being unable to communicate in what would be considered an ordinary fashion also hindered the speed of learning, but let the truth be know that it made for a far more interesting day to try and figure things out by not being able to speak the same language. During this particular adventure, I would say that I probably spent the most time ...

... all the fuss anyway?

Well, simply said, there are too many of us foreigners, people either passing through who decide to stay or retirees looking for a place to do it, ‘do it’ being the operative concept. The big attraction for most foreigners (men) in Thailand are the women, ready willing and able to marry, age no problem. And there’s the low cost of living. Though some of us have honest jobs, most are merely hangers, or ...