Ruengnakorn Hotel Chiang Rai

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... less able members (Dim, Dom, Percy and Smudger). Arriving at the river, we crossed in a traditional longboat. On the other side we waited for our elephant trek, but entertainment was provided by a 25 year old boa constrictor that was a challenge even for all the Fairwater lads plus Mr. Baker to lift. We then took an elephant trek around the village, going up past the paddy fields, and the beautiful scenery. We stopped for lunch in the village and had a look ...

... which is unreliable and annoyingly difficult to get. So the idea is for Mirror Foundation to become more self reliant by earning some money from this. As Mirror Foundation doesn't have enough money to buy it all, we also planned that staff members could buy shares and I hoped this would be a way that staff could supplement their small incomes. Only a handful were interested though. So I have 500 000 Baht invested in ...

... Tomorrow they'll be teaching. They all seem like a really good group. After I drove anywhere, someone always said thank you, which is extremely rare for young volunteers and great. Plus they just had a generally good attitude and seemed intelligent and interested. I chatted to Prudence for a bit as she has been travelling around Burma for 3 weeks before she joined the group in Bangkok to come to Mirror Foundation. Interesting. Hmmm, I'd love to travel ...

... bamboo hut that we're going to be sleeping in and have a little rest, thinking great, 40 winks before lunch. Then we're off to another village with a local guy, sans lunch. And John doesn't come with us. The next village is much like the first and in neither do we feel comfortable or welcome. When we get back there's no sign of John. It's getting dark and there's something not quite right about the village - there's no kids, a few young ...

... Laos. All 77 rooms and suites feature large balconies with in-built sofas and space for private dining. Signature terrazzo bathtubs large enough for two people are the central feature of the bathrooms designed in a 'flow-through' style enabling them to be opened up to or closed off from the bedrooms with sliding fluted-glass doors. Guest facilities include an infinity-edge swimming pool which is surrounded by a multi-tiered pool deck and flowered gardens and set into the ...

... re-planting, Vava mentioned that there were ants on the rice. She was worried that they'd eat the rice. They didn't turn out to be a problem, but it is a good reminder that farmers have to keep pests away from their crops. Most farmers seem to be earning very little from each crop and they have no savings. They can't afford to loose a crop. So they tend to use all sorts of pesticides to ensure the crop survives (at a financial and ...

... tourist police; she immediately suggested she drive me to the Wangcombe and try finding the tuk-tuk. Bearing in mind this was my first visit to Chiang Rai and I didn't know which hotel we found the taxi outside it is quite remarkable that we found it. The doorman recognised me immediately and after a few words from my friendly Thai chauffeuse he admitted the tuk-tuk driver was a friend and supplied his mobile number. The only difficulty was how to call him, I had no ...

Right. So what have we been doing since we last updated you in Chiang Mai I hear you cry. Well make yourself a nice cup of tea, get comfortable and I'll tell you. We booked a 2 day slow boat down the Mekong river from our guest house in Chiang Mai. We left early in the morning heading north and stopped for lunch at a beautiful Wat in Chiang Rai that you can see in the pictures, before ...

The Elephant Ride We hadn't done much in Chiang Rai. We were relaxing and enjoying the holidays. One afternoon we visited the Hill Tribes Museum in town and saw a trek that looked pretty interesting. It was a boat ride to a Karen Village and then an elephant ride through the hills. But the price was pretty insane - $90 for two people. That may not sound like much, but this is Thailand. You can buy a kidney for that much ...