Deze morgen zijn we rond 8.30h met de pick-up vertrokken. Eerst richting het TAT office om ons in te schrijven en daarna naar de markt om een regenjas en een sarong te kopen. Deze sarong heb je absoluut nodig als je jezelf wil wassen. Na de markt zijn we dan met de pick-up een 30tal minuten langs de mooiste landschappen gereden. Om uit te komen ...

Chiang Mai Like - three day trekking tour Dislike - lack of public transportation, no buses Do Differently - take a cooking class, but they are rather expensive here. Stayed - Rama House R19, I liked it, the people weren't pushy trying to sell tours and that is always nice, they just let you be. Let you keep your stuff there with out having to b...

Went bby overnite train to Chiang Mai, embarked on "3day/2nite" trek which I actually only did 2 day/1nite, cuz it sucked, ha. Spent time at the markets with cool Finnish girl I met who was also travelling alone. Good city, probably my favorite in Thailand, would definitely go back!

I'm very much in two minds about Thailand. There's a lot I don't like about the country as a place to travel, and a lot of the people I meet when travelling here. From a cultural point of view, the place seems almost bankrupt to me. It's not that aspects of the culture are difficult or even hard to find; far from it, they're very, very much evid...

Finally arrived in Chiang Mai, after a not-so-bad train journey.  We were about 2hrs late arriving, but i had managed to get some sleep after cutting myself off form the outside world with the help of ear buds and a sleeping mask...excellent!  Went straight out into the rush of the tuk-tuk drivers, who are all on commission to get you ...

We had an early start but were slow to arrange ourselves, eventually catching a rickety old bus out to Lampang. Luckily we changed onto an air-con bus half way, just as my saddle sore butt lost all feeling! We arrived in Lampang in the afternoon and met the local taxi mafia. Thankfully the Riverside guesthouse was lush, an old Thai teak house wi...

Michelle showed up with her car and driver at 7:30, like she said she would, but it took about 45 minutes to get out of town. First we had to stop by a teashop to get some crepe-like snacks with condensed milk on top, then we had to swing by the local police headquarters and sign in (or out) for our trip to the border. This was the first of five...

Class was over. There I lay, exhausted, mentally drained, full of anxiety, and hugging the floor. I could no longer massage Neng anymore. She was full of negative emotion, of confusion, unhappiness, bitterness and love. I had massaged her body 2-3 times a day, 2 hours each time for the last 8 days. We never spoke, but I knew more about this woma...

Hello, I'm still in Chiang Mai doing all kind of cool things like thai massage courses, foot reflexology, yoga and thai boxing. I met really nice people at the school and i found it really difficult to leave this place. Chiang Mai has so much to offer to all kind of travellers (many treks, amazing rock-climbing, mountain biking, yoga, massage, t...