Swairiang Chiangmai
Travel Blogs from Chiang Mai
Walking with elephants
... whilst we were watching the documentary video and there was a dog on the screen, the black dog who hung out in the conference room would jump at the screen. In the middle of the sad dvd this had us all in stitches. Oops!
Card games: our little crew of 9 turned to 10 with the addition of Elle from Holland, and we all pretty much made card games a compulsory part of our evenings! ******** became the prime game with everyone attempting to become experts for the ...
One night in Bangkok
... in the grubby bars with short-skirted and way to young Thai girls.
But the good thing of more tourism is more choice and the conveniently organized (day) trips, some of them pretty cheesy (the cooking course and the elephant ride) and other pretty cool like the MTB trip. There is a fairly serious mountain just behind Chiang Mai, and we drove halfway up and from there took the ‘smugglers’ route zigzag over the mountain, ...
Northern Adventures
... to dry land she then used her trunk to put dirt all over herself!
We then spent some time with the elephants and were able to feed them some bananas. The baby even did a couple of handstands which was very cute.
We then drove up the river 10 minutes to go on our bamboo rafting ride. We changed into a spare set of clothes as you get very wet. Chelsea was less than impressed that we had to use the squat toilet as the change room whereas Nath has just been ...
The elephant at the end of the mountain
... By the time we got to the village, we were entirely soaked through, but our duet skills have doubled in strength.
Stopping at the first village was eye-opening.... we all couldn't stop saying "omg people actually live here... it's not disney world...". The tiny collection of huts together came to a grand total of nearly 15, each made entirely of wood sheets and on stilts so that the farm animals could live beneath the house. The house that we were renting ...
The mile high leech club..
... up your leg... skin crawling stuff I must admit, Bear Grylls I aint. To his great credit Tracy remained very calm and composed through all of this although he admitted never having encountered leeches before. I had many times, but not in these numbers, nor of this velocity. First rainforest, then ravenous leeches - quite a day of new experiences for my American friend.
Anyhoo, we, or at least I, had lost a lot of our early enthusiasm by the time we broke out into ...
Location
Other places to stay in Chiang Mai
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Holiday Inn Chiang Mai
318/1 Chiangmai-Lamphun Road, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotel- Great Hotel
- Great hotel Very friendly staff
- Great hotel
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Le Meridien Chiang Mai
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 5 star hotelfrom $126 -
Centara Duangtawan Hotel, Chiang Mai
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $43- OK type of standard
- The Dissapointing Duangtawan
- Ok
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Imperial Mae Ping Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $48 -
Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotelfrom $40- Had a great time here
- Not suitable for Songram festival
- Disappointing
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Shangri-La Hotel, Chiang Mai
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 5 star hotelfrom $140 -
Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew
21 Huay Kaew Road, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $40 -
Empress Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotel- What a host.
- Decent location, nice room - no mosquitoes!!!
- Moderate old hotel in the city centre of chiang mai
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Chiang Mai Orchid Hotel
23 Huay Kaew Road, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $31 -
Pornping Tower Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $25 -
Chiangmai Hill 2000 Hotel
18 Huay Kaew Road, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $34 -
Lanna Palace 2004 Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $41 -
Royal Princess Chiang Mai
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $50- Charming hotel
- Well Located, No Frills, Comfortable
- Highly recommend it!
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Chiangmai Grandview Hotel
24 Chiangmai-Lampang Rd, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $39 -
Mercure Chiang Mai
183 Changpuak Road Sri Poom, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotelfrom $33 -
The Park Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotel -
Holiday Garden Hotel
16/ 16 Huay Kaew Road, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $29 -
Kantary Hills, Chiang Mai
44 Nimmanhaemin Road, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotelfrom $88 -
Green Lake Resort
230 Moo 2, Cholapatarn Rd, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotelfrom $29 -
Tarin Hotel
10/7 Moo 2, Superhighway Chiangmai-Lampang., Changpuak, Muang, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $26 -
Maninarakorn Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $34 -
Suriwongse Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $45 -
Dusit D2 Chiang Mai
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 4 star hotelfrom $104- 'D'elightful, 'D'elicious, and 'D'electable ...
- Superb Service, Hip Decor
- Excellent Hotel !!
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Chiang Mai Gate Hotel
Santa Maria Novella, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $600 -
Bossotel Chiang Mai
10/4 T.Watkate A.Muang, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $700 -
Royal Peninsula
9/9 Assadathorn Rd., Amphur Muang, Chiang Mai | 3 star hotelfrom $22
