Eurasia Chiang Mai

... It's a festival that happens on the November full moon to pay homage to the goddess of rivers and waterways. Mainly it's to say thanks for the water that provides the crops and a good harvest. <br><br>The restaurant was open and looked out to the river. It was very serene and quite beautiful. While the atmosphere seemed somewhat casual, clearly this was a top-notch restaurant. We were in for a treat.<br><br>Our group sat down at a long, gorgeous table made from ...

... Abend stand zum Glueck keine Nachtwanderung mehr an. Das haette keiner aus der Gruppe mer mitmachen wollen. <br><br>Am letzten Tag machten wir uns dann auf den letzten Marsch zum Wasserfall. Das war dann wohl die Belohnung fuer die letzten zwei Tage!!!!<br><br>War aber echt ein Erlebnis, und wir konnten sehen wir Menschen komplett abgeschnitten von der Aussenwelt leben. Ohne Strom, fliesend Wasser, Heizung, Doktor usw.<br><br>

... with his last kip. The border is the Mighty Mekong river and so you get your passport stamped leaving Laos, hop in a long boat, drink your beer on the 4 minute crossing and hop off on the thailand side. Definately the coolest border crossing yet. On the other side the thought of a five hour bus trip was too much to handle so we all checked into a nice wee hotel near the passport office and went on the ****!! Chang beer, which ranges from 5-14% vol, and whiskey ...

... met I think I love the Thai people the most. They have a lot of charm in a very casual, relaxed, chilled out kind of way.<br><br>We met some cool people in our tour groups and ended up hanging out with Jason from Canada last night while we checked out more of the markets and had dinner. Its actually been a lot of fun meeting travellers from all over the place. Everyone has a story. I love it. Chiang Mai has by far been my favourite place we ...

... or riding a motorbike in Chiang Mai, the many one-way streets in and around town are confounding. The moat that surrounds the city has concentric circles of traffic: The outer ring runs clockwise, and the inner ring counterclockwise, with U-turn bridges between. The streets in and around the Night Bazaar are all one-way as well. This means that even if you know where you're ...

... br> Our last stop was a 'wat' on the way back, and we had just gotten back in time to prepare ourselves for the group culture center dinner and traditional dance show, where we sat on the floor for a traditional dinner. During dinner was a traditional Thai dance show and at the end, they got members of the audience to dance with them. The final activity was a visit to the night market, where our wallets suddenly became EMPTY. 

We went to a Lana Kantoke dinner (a traditional northern Thai dinner) last night. I wasn't sure what this was about but when the pretty Thai girls escorted us to our "seat" on the carpet with plush pillows arranged around us like "the king and I" in front of a beautiful wooden stage with Thai musicians, I knew it was going to be sweet. As my dad knows I eat all my food on the floor. Lana hospitality is about making all the guests ...

... the big money these pigs pay is far too tempting to turn down for so many girls. Maybe Laos has it right. They have outlawed relationships between foreigners and Loations - Loations are not allowed to be alone with a foreigner and the police actually have the right to do Hotel raids. Like Cuba as well. Guess you can't have everything - freedom and creep free zoning. Long time ago when I was here before, this stuff was confined to the tacky ...

... about the activities at Chiang Mai, the interaction. I just tossed water back at them and they didn't seem to care. We did this tour with the same company as the Mahout day, highly recommended. Our final night ( a sunday) was spent wandering around the weekend market which has brilliant food and craft stalls. This is how I expected Chiang Mai to be, charming and interesting. I guess nowhere in Thailand can escape the inevitable effects of mass tourism.

... city music hall bob ryan iditarod race mary ann riojas csun when do we ...