Nan Fah Hotel

... locals. This is also a great place to get bar-b-que. After you reach the falls, you will walk passed about 10 different women who are cooking bar-b-que. We always go to the ladies nearest to the falls. There is quite an array of food to choose from beef, chicken, intestines, squid, tilapia, and eggs. You can order salads, such as papaya and cucumber. The cucumber salad is fantastic!! And always get some sticky rice to go with your food!!

... formations, looked like a cross between the land before time and a Indiana Jones set, was cool though, walked through it and had an explore, nice to properly stretch my legs. We stopped for dinner, beside the Nan river which runs though the mountains. the restaurant was floating on the water, the food was delicious, but quite spicy! The last part of our Nan adventure, seemed to come straight out of a movie, jack drove the bus on to wooden ferry, very like the ...

... meal in Thailand, but it is still cheap on American standards.

There are only about three hotels in Pua. There is one at the first restaurant recommendation that I talked about above. You will see the tower on the top of the hill, and that is where it is. Then there is another one just behind this hotel. To get to this hotel, from the main highway take a right on the road just below the above hotel, you will pass the small pond in town and come to a ...

After a relatively busy Chang Mai we decided to get away from it all at the Chae Sorn National Park. We'd read about the hot springs and the waterfalls here so decided to head out there. The hot springs in the park bubble out at between 75 - 80 Celsius, hot enough to boil an egg!! (It seems the thing to do to prove this and whilst walking around the springs you can see many baskets and crates of eggs getting their treatment). The ...

... about 5 years old, Ken - H'mong and member of Hilltribe.org and has distant relatives and contacts in Baan Huay Yuok, Myself - Australian, consultant and English speaking volunteer coordinator at Mirror Foundation. Itinerary. We arrived in the afternoon of 24 July and initially went to the H'mong village of Baan Huay Yuok to visit Mr. Lee, but as he was away we then ...

... with sleeper trains not being that common despite being an excellent way to travel. The bunk beds were probably six foot and a couple of microns long so not ideal, whilst the aircon on turbo meant that the sleeping bag/sleeping sheet/clothes/thick jumper combo was required to stop oneself from freezing, but with earplugs and eyepatch (to black out the lights that were on all night) i managed a not too terrible ...

... to curcumnavigate the jungle in style. We spent the majority of our time zipping through the trees like Tarzan, taking in the amazing views, although we also did some walking (getting bitten to death by mosquetos, ants and leeches that seemed to love Lydia's blood). At the kitchen area they prepared great food and also had a young orphaned monkey and a 5 month old bear to play with. The monkey was lovely ...

... the most beautful current temples we have seen. It dates to 500 years ago but continuous use has led to updates etc.. so it looks new unlike say the ruined Khmer temples or temples at Ayutthaya (next travel log) which are made of crumbling stone and much more interseting to my taste. The modern temples are covered in gold (as were probably the old but it is no longer there). I find it difficult to spenmd time in any religous ...

... walking around Nan together, reading, sleeping and eating. Actually she did most of the eating while I watched in hunger as my stomach wouldn't allow me to participate fully until the evening. After raining for most of the day today as well, the weather finally cleared up and it became pleasantly cool - something of a rarity in Thailand. It could be the end of the rainy season and the beginning of the cool season. We'll see. Another general ...

... shorter than usual in preparation for the trip; sadly, a bit Archie Andrews-ish October - my usual office look; that's the one that would allow me to emerge virtually unscathed from any police line-up consisting of recent U of S grads gathered at Earl's Friday after a tough week at their brand new jobs November - bushy; slightly resembling a dirty-blonde halo (the kind you might see on an angel that got caught masturbating) December - frizzy; one ...