Maekok River Village Resort Chiang Mai

... just a few small changes. I then watched a bit of film with Adam before Ash finally submitted his form, and we all went out for dinner. This was a quick affair, at a burger place down the road called Mike’s, with the amazing slogan “Converting vegetarians since 1979!” Classic. The pair were still feeling rough from the previous night, so didn’t have much of an appetite, while I was the complete opposite, and wolfed down my meal before finishing off their ...

... exploring locally. There is a great night market and also on Sunday went to Walking Street Market, which is a busy road closed to traffic on Sundays. On Sunday, (1st wedding anniversary) I could not believe it, Darren decided to shave off the beard! Not completely, but it is looking much trimmer and less tramp like now! <br><br>After a lovely breakfast at our place (Liams Suan Dok Mai) we went off exploring. Had a pretty lazy day. the weather has been beautiful- a few ...

... found some well hidden nice, nice hotels. <br>I took a couple pictures of the sky (it looked pretty). It was now getting dark and looked like it would begin to rain at any moment (it didn't) and I realize I have been walking for a long time. <br>I don't know what direction my hotel is and continue to walk. I'm feeling a little uncomfortable about now- no tourists anywhere to be seen, it is now ...

Well nearly the end of my massage course. Graduation exam tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get my certificate. Had a less stressful day of massage today - all hands, arms, head and face. Have to put all 53 moves together tomorrow. We are all going to the park ...

... then a four hour trek through the Chiang Mai jungle, stopping along the way to meet villages. This was most interesting as for the most part these people don't really see Westerners expect for the odd tour guide. The people were relatively shy and only some of them spoke to us to sell us water or take the odd photo. The trek was pretty full on and our guide Toto was really funny, but was good to us. He was laid back as most Thai's are and everything is in ...

Finding a place to stay in Chiang Mai is simple. There are guest houses everywhere you turn. If you are staying in Chiang Mai for at least a month or more, a great housing option for you would be Baan Thai. We searched Chiang Mai for the cheapest, furnished apartment in a good location and have found Baan Thai as being the best. The office staff are fabulous and they are pretty good with English. The room is a studio with a ...

... style and the history of art in Thailand. Overall, it was a very good museum. It was certainly worth 100 bhat. We learned a lot, it was cool inside and the translation/presentation was well done. Our tuk tuk driver was still there for us, so we chose a restaurant in the center of the old city and he took us there. Too bad it was closed! So we walked back a block and chose a local place. We had chicken pad thai and pork pad thai, both were very good. I ...

Planes Trains and Automobiles Well with our sights firmly set on leaving the Roongrawee and travelling around Phuket and then heading off to the sanctuary we did at around 8am this morning change our minds.. We are at the moment (Sunday morning at 8.30am) on a train heading for Chiang Mai... Ok I'll get to it. see if you can see our planes shadow in the last pic The Island where the sanctuary is is ...