Lanna View Hotel & Resort Chiangmai Chiang Mai

... re very clever animals. I will definately have to go back one day. <br><br>I've now joined my tour which has taken me around all the big sites of Bangkok including the grand palace and some temples, one with the second biggest Buddah in Thailand, measuring 46m long. Last night we got the overnight train to Chiang Mai which was a lot more fun than I was expecting, and the beds were more comfortable than a lot of the hostels I've stayed in. Our guide told us we weren't ...

... water rafting.<br><br>We dumped our rafting paraphernalia in the boat and then hopped across onto some bamboo rafts which were moored next to the bank. The most farcical section of our day then commenced. Six people, plus a guy steering with a pole, were crammed onto each raft; the rafts were maybe three feet wide and really long. What they were blatantly not designed for, as it soon became apparent, was having more than about two people on them. When we&#8217;d all sat down, the ...

... that played everything from Willie Nelson, the Cranberries to Elvis. Most importantly, the pad thai was unbelievably tasty [we have been talking about pad thai for months] and the Singha beers were a lovely compliment. <br><br>For tomorrow we have booked my dream excursion&#8230;elephant rides and training, a trek in the jungle, followed by white water river rafting. Looks to be very exciting&#8230;if we can possibly leave this glorious room.

... papaya salad. The class included a cook book, so you better believe we&#8217;ll be trying this stuff back stateside. Yui only uses organic, fresh ingredients and the flavors were out of this world. I even made a pretty decent Pad Thai. (It&#8217;s so simple, even Brandon can make it!)<br><br>Our Friday plans were up in the air, with thoughts of either a trek through the jungle or bathing elephants. However, the 100 F temperature and 90% humidity ...

... one of the muscles in Sophies foot jarred and she yelped! Shook me up a bit I can tell you. Wondered if like in a driving test, if you make the client yell is it an instant fail!! Luckily Sophie said she was ok, and the teacher had moved away, so think I glossed over that one! Back in my stride I took my time and finally finished just before lunch break at 12. Got my marks back and I'd passed respectably. I ...

... from the $8 a night bungalows. Mary arrived on time from Aus, however plonked herself in an area I couldn't get to and sent me lots of texts about where she was which was no help considering I couldn't get to her. There was a big sign that said meeting point, but that's another story. We spent a lovely night in the Novotel and the next morning in the pool bar - the best I've seen. Although I did like the pool bar on Koh Tao - beer in a pool with plastic glasses ...

... dancing around to daft punk, it was worth it though they were actauly playing some good tunes. Am getting tired of hearing lady gaga especialy poke her in the face, and flo rida low and a san francisco tune that they love for some reason. Managed to hit my knee on a plant pot and cut it, cut my other knee on something. In the evening i was helping carry buckets of river water across the road to fill up the barrels for everyone to use (yes they use the river water to ...

... we are on the Amazing Race! LOL! The focus of the museum is the history and culture of this area. This area was known as the Lan Na Kingdom. The first section was the natural and cultural background of Lan Na (Lanna) Kingdom. They had a few pre-historical and geological displays that we did not spend much time looking at. The second and third area depicted the history of the Kingdom from it's beginning until it's demise. It was a thriving Kingdom from ...

... we went home... i think the next bike ride will be on flatter grounds and not start with learning to go uphill first... good times... Oh and bonus - only got charged 200Baht for the damage to the bike - about 4 pounds! (a relief when we were expecting a sum more in the hundreds) After a few beach days, movies and beach bar nights later... we had to alas leave Koh Chang however and head on to the next place... A perfect holiday place i intend to come back to though!

... som ble holdt oppe for oss. Wow, en gigantisk lobby! Jeg kan bare beskrive det som noe jeg har funnet ut i ettertid må ha vært en lignende følelse som de som så innsiden av titanic for første gang. Det var utrolig fint der. Blanke flater, store lysekroner og møbler i gammel herskaplig stil. Vi var den første gruppa fra klassen som hadde ankommet. Morten kom like etterpå, og vi kunne sjekke inn. Stooore rom! 2 king size senger, sofa, badekar, mega dusj, og tv selvfølgelig. Meg ...