Panviman Chiangmai Spa Resort Chiang Mai

... your face and spending cash, culinary treats and buying nice stuff and oh, did I mention the food is pretty decent and the shopping malls are huge (and air conditioned)? Of course we took a few pictures of the high rise buildings and we explored little India, ate at the hawkers market - which was all lovely, but we alternated any sight seeing with shopping malls, as it was the only way to keep our sanity with the high temperatures and high humidity. I don't ...

... allra nausynlegasta hofdu taer medferdis naglalokk, glimmerderhufur, gerviaugnhar, pudur og ilmvatn. svo litid daemi se tekid. teim fannst tetta aedislegt.<br><br>I morgun for eg svo a thai matreidslunamskeid sem var geggjad. er enn sodd eftir tad. vid vorum bara tvo, eg og franskur madur sem vinnur sem thjonn a finum veitingastad og fannst tetta aedislegt.<br>eg set liklegast inn myndir a eftir.<br><br>I fyrramalid fer eg til Laos med rutu, gisti hja landamaerunum og ...

... we finally arrived at the village. It was all the way on the top of a hillside overlooking the wooded area below where we had started the trek. Some locals came to our area where we were staying offering massages, and local crafts. The hut we stayed in was made of bamboo, with all 11 of us staying in it. We all wanted showers when we arrived so we took turns taking VERY cold running water "showers." This was where my packing ...

... couch laden courtyard and theres always a couple local bands playing sweet reggae (and other) covers. We killed some bumbaclaat that night...and every subsequent night in Chiang Mai.<br><br>Day 2, we went on a jungle canopy zip-line tour. We got to see some awesome views of the jungle and the ziplines and rapelling were pretty fun as well. Later that night we went to the night ...

... THey seated me on the proper songthaew and told me it would leave in 30 minutes--this was communicated by pointing at the "6" on his watch.<br><br>I sat down to have a bowl of kway teow gai as I had 30 minutes to kill and love that stuff. I took a number of pics, thinking my songthaew experience will be an interesting post on TravelPod. THen the songthaew started up and I raced to not miss it.<br><br>----leaving my camera at ...

... smelly pants in there the would-be robbers left empty handed. But possibly smelly-handed. Note to self and other future explorers; if travelling on coaches / planes / tranes in future keep all cold ************ your person. But as i said above the people at my guesthouse are such a good laugh and we all went out that night to see the town and i soon forgot my financial woes. Next time; i'm considering travelling to a town called Pai to do some trekking. I've already made ...

... and put one copy in each suitcase, backpack....anything, that's going on the trip with you. Also, speaking of money belts. The best one that I've found is the skinny one that goes around your waist under your clothing. ...Also, after this little learning experience I have always notified my bank and my credit card companies of the dates that I will be traveling and exactly where I will be for the entire trip. That way if charges start to come in from Rome and I ...

... then to our next stop Bamboo Rafting. The rafts were made up of 6 long pieces of bamboo tied together in three places with another piece of bamboo and rope. The long pieces of bamboo were not close together which made it harder to stand on. Jess and I were split up and she was placed on a raft with an English lad and a Japanese lad at the back of the raft and her and the guide at the front. I was on the second raft at the back with the two German girls in front and ...

So my wife and I managed to escape the fires of northern Thailand for a week, but that doesn't mean we managed to escape Hell. As I already mentioned, in an effort to better control their borders, Thailand adapted a policy of not allowing any more than three entries in any one six-month period, or at least that&#8217;s one interpretation at least. Actually the law apparently refers to NINETY DAYS within any one six-month period ...

... lost in the jungle), but it wasn't easy. Since public transportation is so cheap here, we don't walk much and we're both out of shape. But we were sure the panoramic vista from the top would be worth it. It was not; the peak was surrounded by trees. Once again nature obstructed my view. But it was a great day.<br><br>The ride down the mountain was a little scary at times in the setting sun, and it was definitely the coldest I'd been ...