so we survived the first day of the festival which we found out yesterday was just a warm up to today, new years eve. Yesterday was truly amazing, we spent the whole day soaks and standing on the side of many bars and the river and soakin every sole which came past. i never hav been so wet in my life and even when i went to sit down in the sun j...

We came back to Chiang Mai a couple of days ago on our way to head north into Laos.  We have made some really good friends here and I will be a little sad to leave.  Last night we went to a friend's bar called Guitar Man to see a really good local blues band called Boy's Blues Band.  They are really good, probably the best blues i...

Watch out Ottawa...there are new chefs coming to town! Josee and I had a busy day yesterday. First we took off to visit the biggest and oldest temple in Chiang Mai at the top of the moutain. We believe it was a site for one of the Amazing Races but we'll check on that later. After touring there we headed back to our lady boy travel agent to book...

Staying just long enough to reconfirm some visa details and have dinner with some friends and sleep in preparation for my flight to Myanmar.

Monday, Erika and I spent the day at cooking school. There are so many cooking classes to choose from in Chiang Mai, one hardly knows what to choose. Most of the schools however teach the same dishes....that are easy and popular with travelers. We picked our school based on the of my friends Rachel and Garret who had been there last year. As a s...

Full day trip Doi Suthep Gem store Handicrafts Market night market check in Sheraton Plaza

We just got back from a three-day, two night trek visiting the hill tribes. The treking was moderately difficult, hot during the day, cold at night. I can't imagine what it would be like when it's the rainy season and the trails are slick/the humidity is high! We saw very few mosquitoes, but the ants seemed to think I was delicious! We had to ca...