Ruengnakorn Hotel
Travel Blogs from Chiang Rai
The king's Birthday
... We were treated to a fantastic spread of chicken satay, green curry, sticky rice, chicken wings stir fried vegetables and fresh pineapple straight from the field.
We rested and chatted in the shade before walking up to a neaby waterfall in the jungle for a refreshing swim- no leeches here!
Best day so ...
Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai
... toilet building looked like a temple (see photo) - it's known as the 'golden toilets' and I can confirm they are the best in Thailand. We also spent time in the artists gallery, which displayed some quite unique art - from Buddhas and the door to Nirvana to George Bush and Osama Bin Laden cruising around the universe on a rocket! Thumbs up for the White Temple. I couldn't believe it was all free entry too. We headed back into town and spent the evening in Chiang Rai city centre. ...
Hill Tribe Trek and Home Stays
... was alot of fun we danced until the sun went down.
The next morning we prepared for our trek out of Jafu Jaka village. We had a final goodbye with the villagers, and exchanged gifts, and then made our way down to the next village closer to Chiang Rai. This trek was about 20Kilometers (12 miles) through the jungle. Once we arrived we got to wash off in a beautiful waterfall near our next village, which was very nice, and had a lot more ...
New Life - New Experience...
... the building site I do it more out of necessity!! The video or pod cast is usually about Buddhism in some way but I haven't caught one yet but I was talking to 2 others in the steam bath one night about karma and reincarnation; not that this happens all the time but it just came up!! Trust me, it's very normal here and 99% of the time it's like a hostel or youth club type environment!! But anyway we all has different views and them that nights pod cast was in the ...
Hold on tight, the bus drivers a nutter!!
... the driver was a lunatic! Flying around these mountain roads, overtaking trucks, the scenery was second to none, but just a tad bit scary! I'm pretty sure us and the other western couple behind were the only ones wearing seat belts (and hanging on for dear life).
Lush green everywhere you looked, clouds rising out of the valleys, paddy fields in the distance, definitely some of the best scenery yet!
We arrived in Chiang Rai safe and sound though James was ...
