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Travel Blogs from Lamphun
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... rster og så skulle vi ud i en sø og vaske vores elefant. På et tidspunkt fik den nogle ordrer fra en af de lokale mahouter og så tog den vand ind i snablen og sprøjtede det på os, men som nu færdiguddannede mahouter må vi lige få styr på vores elefant, så den ikke gør det igen. Nu er det tid til kaffe i Chiang Mai og i morgen går turen videre til Chiang Khong, grænsebyen i Thailand over mod Laos, som vi skal videre til ...
Mai oh Mai
... and tried using the river as a reference, but there are so many damn rivers in this city we were so confused. And Woody even used the compass on his phone. After about an hour we decided to ask for directions- we were so far from the centre that our location wasn't even on the map anymore! After finding our way our feet were burning so I went to a massage shop. All you hear all day from the massage ladies as you walk past is 'Sawadee ...
Wildlife Wonderland
... walk to the popular Night Bazaar where you will find street after street of stalls looking to sell you all sorts of stuff, some of it unique, some of it the same ubiquitous t-shirts you'll see all over Thailand, and indeed Asia.
I booked myself on an ATV and rafting tour with a company not far from the guest house, but Sam wasn't up for the rafting, so for the first time as far as we can remember on this trip, she made her own plans for the day. Our host booked a ...
Home Comforts?
... famous Khao San Road which is where all of the tourists hang out to drink cheap beer and buy rubbish souvenirs. It was a fun evening which included eating grasshoppers/crickets which were crunchy but a little bitter! We headed back to the hotel at about 2:30am with Gemma and I setting our alarms for 5:00am to get up and go to the airport, she was heading to Australia, I was heading to Borneo to start my next adventure...
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Learning to let go
... that continued in the name of fun rather than fear.
I should mention that we were all fully clothed in adherence to traditional Thai standards of modesty. We also had absolutely no safety gear in accordance with traditional Thai occupational health and safety standards! It only took about 10 blissful minutes to float back to the familiar bank of ENP. I hadn't noticed it approaching and nearly overshot it all together. Luckily Mark was on hand to rescue me ...
Location
Other places to stay in Lamphun
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Lamphun Will Hotel
204/10 Charmmathewi Road, Tumbol Naimuang, Lamphun | Hotelfrom $28 -
Benjama
18/9 Jamthewee, A. Muang, Lamphun | Hotel -
Mon Saen Dao Resort
Oommuang Lamphun Rd., Pasang, A. Muang, Lamphun | Hotel
