Belle Vista Chiang Mai

... of starting and stopping while people recovered from the heat.<br><br>Rumit and I took a bit longer to get ready for one departure and found ourselves with a paddy field between us and the group. Needless to say it didn't go smoothly, the path between the fields is less than a foot wide and i managed to loose my footing a fall 7 foot down into another paddy field. Rumit faired little better and we climbed out of the field with numerous cuts and covered in mud ...

... homosexuals and lady boys. As in Bangkok, everything you see on stage is accessible and affordable. The show was quite entertaining, particular the shower scene....OMG and will leave it at that. The men parade naked around the bar in hopes to be hired for the evening. Some interesting goods being displayed; I remained innocent as well as uninterested and kept my bahts in my wallet. I do not see any pleasure in hiring a man for the evening.<br ...

... and Aljazeera are actually not bad and have pretty good specials and documentaries. I figured since I got roped into getting cable for the month (It's a long story but I got suckered into paying it even though I said I didn't want it), so I figured I might as well check it out. <br><br>Hey I might actually get information on real world issues instead of the ridiculous excuse of news we get back home. ;) It seems unfair that we seem to only ...

... with 2 benches that you hop on and off when you want) back to base for a shower. The weather had been much cooler than Bangkok all day but with alot more rain, but Laura noticed it more tonight when we went for tea at a restaurant round the corner and said it could almost be classed as chilly. Fingers crossed the weather will hold off first thing so we can do the temple we wanted to do today. <br>Gaz &amp; LJ<br><br>ps this update has taken 2 days to upload cause the site kept crashing

So there are some tried and true methods for staying out of the heat:<br> <br> -Always walk on the shady side of the street<br> -Drink plenty of water<br> -Rest as soon as you feel a headache coming on (a first sign of heat stroke)<br><br>But let me say though.... this is all ********! It doesn't make any difference.<br><br>Bangkok was hot, very hot, and I was sweaty... oh very sweaty. So much so that even a walk as short as a few ...

... visited Jim's House a famous silk maker, back into Bangkok Jackie and Gem left and we went for tea,....oh forgot got a Tuk Tuk back, picture Jo on a rollercoaster - very scared!! Then we had a foot massage and couldn't stop giggling!!!<br><br>This has been a random message as Jo keeps commenting!!!<br><br>Did I mention its bloody hot - pictures NOT GOOD!!<br><br>Bye Bye for now<br><br>Clare and Jo x

... to a<br>hot towel and juice followed by breakfast omelet or Prawn and noodles<br>no guessing what we opted for.<br><br><br><br>Day 1 Bring it on.<br>We landed at a bit after 6:15am and<br>disembarked into the humidity that is Asia in the monsoon season wow<br>how you forget, could cut the air with a knife. We found our driver<br>and set off to the city in a very nice Toyota 8 seater. As we<br>approached the city on the TOLL motor way the traffic grew heavier<br>and as is custom the ...

Ouch.. long time not updating the blog. Problem is when visiting many countries for little time I really fly and do 100 stuffs a day so there is little time (and will) to sit in front of a computer...<br>Better catch up now..<br><br>After 15 days in Myanmar the landing in modern Bangkok is definitely a change.<br>From the 1st night I was meeting with The Thai gang (Tbird Thai girls and Nico - who married one of ...

... and not ready to discover. <br><br><br>07/02/09. We are lucky to be in Chiang Mai this week end because the city's biggest festival is on: the flower festival. We get up early in the morning to admire the parade: many large fleet covered with flowers. The attention to detail is unbelievable. There is a marching band, girls dressed in typical clothes and they look absolutely gorgeous.Tomorrow will be the results of the beauty pageant and the award for the ...

... morning I went with P to the bookstore. I didn&#8217;t have much to eat and I was VERY hungry. P asked the owner if they had any snacks since I was so hungry and she ended up cooking some ramen noodles for me and giving me a Heineken! Wow! We bought some books and called for a taxi. I was on my way to Don Muang airport to fly down to Krabi. I was cutting it a little close on time, but I was fine. I left Bangkok on Nok Air.