Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelLek House Chiang Rai
Back again and then down to the islands!
So after we crossed the border, we hopped on a train to Bangkok, it only cost 48B which is about a quid! 6 hours on an unconditioned tin can certainly made us see why it is so cheap. We did finally make it the Bangkok to find every nice guesthouse booked up, which led us to settling for probably the noisiest hotel room in South east Asia. We were …
Days 83 - 90: Chiang Rai
We got to Chiang Rai and had a lovely place with a pool and swim up bar. We got into the pool and swam up to the bar...lovely. Thought we should probably get out there and do something but as we were in trekking country and that was off the list (due to Kathy not having a lot of love for things that crawl on 8 legs) not much else was on offer... …
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Someone in Chiang Rai Stole My Thongs!
... it should be no problem not booking in advance just turn up she says. Well you cant just turn up. We end up having to wait 3 hours for the first available bus. We finally arrive in Chiang Mai and ask the tuk tuk drivers to take us to our hotel which amazingly and for the first time in Thailand didn't know where it was or couldn't be bothered to go there...amazing I never
thought any tuk tuk would say no to a fare we finally find a guy who will take us.
We arrive ...
The most filling breakfast in the world
... that there is actually EDGE and GPRS data out in the north.
We gave Mr Matan a call so we could get back to the Guesthouse to chill out for a bit before heading out to the night bazaar. We got given a lift out to the Night Bazaar by Fong's husband Tun, turns out he used to be a Judge in the courts up north and practices criminal law between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, he was a really nice go and I would of loved to have chatted to ...
Chiang Rai: The Green and Golden Triangles
... of handwoven bracelets and crafts to sell was any indication. You feel a little pressured to buy sometime and it’s cheap enough—about 60 cents a bracelet—but you just realize how a tourist changes in things. When we arrived at the school, the teacher immediately stopped the children’s recess and started gathering the children for a group photo. Clearly this was what they thought was expected of them when a tourist comes to visit. And to be ...


