Today was our first full day in Chiangmai.  We thought we would find out about tours today and do some shopping around for prices, then scope out places to eat and get massages.  We were woken at about 6am by the rooster, later followed by the barking dogs, then finally the noisy people beside us, quite annoying.  We had breakfast...

    I just got back from a three day, two night trek outside of Chiang Mai.  It is still hard to know whether to actually recommend this trek to anybody else who is thinking of trekking.  There were only a couple things that I actually liked about it, but others seemed to really enjoy themselves.     ...

The day started with a walk around the food markets in Chiang Mai.  The Chef of the cooking class explained to us about some of the foods.  the smells were very overpowering, to the extent where Lisa had to walk away. We were then made privy to 6 aurthentic Thai dishes, each very easy and made in around 10 minutes. The day finished e...

My last day here. The day is really rainy. I was really lucky that I didn't get ANY rain during my whole time in Chiang Mai. It is very unusual for this time of the year. The travel agency sent someone to pick me up at the Hotel at 9:00 AM. Wow, I have to say, this travel agency is the real thing! (I will post the address here later on) The airp...

Well, I arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon to Chiang Mai International Airport. Not much of an international airport, but I guess they do have flights that fly directly into and out of other countries. Arrived to a REAL monsoon-style rainstorm, but I had anticipated this might be the case during the month of May. So I just decided to eas...

Nur schnell ein kurzer Gruss! Katrin und Manu sind seit Sonnabend hier und kommen heute Abend von ihrer Trekkingtour zurueck. Hier ist es zur Zeit recht kuehl, auch wir kriegen ein bisschen Winterwetter, wenn auch nicht so kalt wie in Deutschland... Aber Socken und Strickjacke kann man schon gut gebrauchen. Am Freitag muss ich schon wieder zur G...