First Hotel Mae Sot
444 Intharakiri Road Mae Sot, Thailand
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelFirst Hotel Mae Sot
Hail, Farewell, and Goodbye
Wandering Woman and I got here 9 days ago and began house hunting. We found a delightful place, 2 BR, A/C, furnished for 6500 baht ($190) a month. We took possession today (Feb. 10) and moved out of First Hotel.
First Hotel was a gem. Huge double fan room with western toilet for 275 baht (about $8) in the center of town, easy walking …
Stepping in the Same River Twice
Went back to my old home of Mae Sot for a little change of pace this past weekend. Stayed at the First Hotel and had one of my ATM cards and camera nicked. Saw a few old friends, but Mae Sot is a transitory town of very young people. (I much prefer Chiang Mai, where aging Wanderers have a peer group.)
Trying to leave town was a Thai …
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My Home Away from Home
... in Thailand and I plan to keep good contact with everyone there and start sponsoring one of the kids who I became very close with during my time there.
The weeks I spent at Baan Unrak have
changed me forever. As a volunteer with ISV (International Student Volunteers)
I had the opportunity to help with agriculture and maintenance at the
home, but it was playing and socializing with kids that made the work ...
First actual day of trek
... realised how much it had actually rained! the banks were heaving and the river was swollen to burst! We all then piled into 3 rafts, each with 2 guides steering and paddling with 1 teacher aswell.A further 2 rafts carried our bags. It was so fun! everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, going down great streams of water and getting splashed everywhere! We stopped 2 hours in for lunch at little huts, on the edge of ...
Mae Sot
I slept well considering that I was sleeping between a bar party for footballers and a busy kitchen full of clinking woks and pots and pans. I walked to the bus station as the sky was lightening, backpack strapped on again. It's weight was comforting on my hips and shoulders. A reminder that everything I have is still with me, that I am free and traveling, and my life is currently an exciting adventure, a life with an edge. I ran into a man I met the night before. He was at the ...


