Chiang Rai Inns - Reviews and Rates

Over the past few weeks, a number of ew volunteers have arrived; Jim and Amy from the US of A and Angela from down under, whom all of which are really nice and have brought lots of inspiration to the centre. A few days ago, all us volunteers took part in the Hash house harriers run of Chiang Rai which involved ruin across the northern Thai footh...

One returning from the previously mentioned trip, we had some time at home and then went to the "Walking Street". Each Saturday night Chiang Rai closes off some streets to traffic and lots of stalls are set up. It is only new (2nd or 3rd weekend it has happened) and I haven't seen it yet. Also our next door neighbour needs to go into town to att...

Day 8 - 12 We left Chiang Mai on a bus for 3 hours to Chiang Rai, lets just say here that travelling on Thai public buses is a much nicer experience then that of the publice buses in India! They handed out free water, wafers and hand towels!oh a toilet and Thai kareoke! Once in Chiang Rai we stopped off at the PDA office - the company which orga...

I was surprised to find that the village people live quite humbly in a small village made of bamboo reeds and dried, weaved elephant grass. Eva and I went to visit them the other day. Chiang Rai is a small town in the extreme north of Thailand, very close to the Golden Triangle area where Thailand meets Laos and Myanmar/Burma (depending on your ...

This is an article from today's Bangkok Post that I like. I will write more about what I have been doing tomorrow (I hope). Paul REAL-WORLD SOLUTION A nine-year-old hilltribe girl's answer to a pollution problem is helping to change the way Thailand looks at its energy needs Story by ARANEE JAIIMSIN Free hot lunches are a staple at most primary ...

Arriving at Vientiane on the small Lao Airlines propellor plane was like landing at Barbados... it was warm, still, slow, relaxed and soothing after the long trip from Melbourne, including sleeping on the floor in the airport at Singapore... the airport was an old grey Communist colour, similar in size to a provincial airport.... the air smelt w...