Porn Ping Tower Hotel Chiang Mai

... who stepped in and saved this journey. She knew all too well the overwhelming thoughts I am experiencing. She, along with Paul Collins, a young American man who was born in Thailand to missionary parents have taken me under their wings.

I am at a new apartment, Viangbua Mansion ($12000 baht/month) but my feng shui is back. The facilities and services are much more aligned with my level of comfort. It even has a fitness center!!!!

I met two ...

... so hot, but they were so cute!!!

I can see why we aren't allowed to do this sort of stuff in Britain because although the enclosures looked very safe, and the tigers were really tame i was still trapped in a tiger pen, with 2 fully grown female tigers and a fully grown male tiger.....and it was nearly their dinner time!!

Any way check out the pics!! Really brilliant!!

Becky :-D xx

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So that’s my first report from the camp. I’ve been here two days and have had the most amazing time. I have made friends, and have been treated with the best of Shan hospitality.

The boarding house manager is asking us how to pronounce the words of Michael Jackson’s song 'heal the world’…she wants to ...

Early rise and off to the airport on way to Chiang Mai....as usual the buses are on schedule and all that but a new twist.....we dang near got lost in the airport!!!! Did not expect that takes a lot to get to the right terminal after getting off the bus....then to find the Thai Airways counter..bit of a signage issue...but we made it....enough time to spare to get to the Thai lounge. Asian airports are awesome at the end of the day. No stupid take ...

... and I see why). A huge bathroom (still no bathtub). We got settled and went downstairs to get registered and see if we could get something to eat but the kitchen had closed. The desk man let us order anyway and we were served a huge plate of spring rolls and rice. It was very good. He gave us a map with all the attractions on it and offered to book our tickets for our next stop. Back upstairs and for the first time a quiet, peaceful, relaxing night of sleep.

... was really nice (and quite attractive) so I spent a bit of time talking to her - practising my Thai and asking for information (which Ben termed as 'chatting up'- well, maybe there was a little flirting involved...). She was thoroughly useless though as she'd only moved north from Bangkok (for an apprenticeship at a hotel) a month ago. Striking out on our own, we decided to explore within the boundaries of the walled city. We visited a few religious ...

... the Eco village, where there are members of many different tribes - mostly from Berma or China and whom live in the jungle. This village is a specially made on that is just a tourist trap to show you the different tribes, and there are only a few women and children from each one there, all selling bags and bracelets etc. We included it simply because we wanted to see the Karen Longneck tribe, a tribe where from the years of i think 1 to 25 (or until no more will fit) the ...

... clever and harmless, but the training methods used to get an elephant to paint a picture are downright torturous - if they make no money, they'll stop doing it - Do go on elephant rides - elephants giving rides could have been given gentle training by one of the many kwan that really do love their elephants And that pretty much concludes our time in Chiang Mai... :) More of my elephant photos Tom's elephant photos Tom's blog