Royal Ping Garden & Resort Chiang Mai

... for Loy Krathong. Stopped for a day in Khorat and took an overnight bus from there to Chiang Mai - only question here...why would they switch of the lights in the bus at 9 pm but stop for dinner at 1.30 am?????...well, I will never know but did not sleep much. :)<br>Loy Krathong is a festival held on full-moon when tiny votive boats are floated on rivers as a tribute to the River Goddess. It was celebrated for two days here with great ...

... kinda mean, even<br>our guy casually walked up to Tom and cracked him one on the head for<br>no apparent reason, now i don&#8217;t know how good that guys English<br>was, but im sure he walked of with a lot of new curse words to add to<br>his vocabulary.<br>The Trek itself was a wash out we were still<br>in the Rainy season and boy did it pour... the first day wasn&#8217;t to<br>bad and we had a descent Trek and ended up at a very refreshing<br>waterfall that evening, the food through ...

... commissioner in Chiang Mai and it was only in 1939 that Chiang Mai finally came under the direct control of the central government in Bangkok the same time the country was renamed Thailand.<br><br>In the past, Chiang Mai was only accessible by river and elephants. More convenient access was achieved only when the railway line was completed in the late 1920&#8217;s. Moreover, the first motor vehicle ...

... ganse tafereel heeft iets magisch en immens rustgevend.<br><br> Ookal heb ik na 3 dagen rondfietsen het interessantste in Chiang Mai gezien, de gratis jazzconcertjes in het cafe naast mijn hostel en de dagelijkse 2 uur lange infosessie over aspecten uit de boeddhistische leer zijn voldoende redenen om hier nog even te blijven. De infosessies worden gegeven door een Australische monnik en de manier waarop hij concepten uit het boeddhisme uitlegt en zelfs belichaamt zijn ...

... until we could bodge a rescue attempt. She crawled aboard laughing thank God and we made it down the river shaken, stirred and wet - but undamaged.<br><br>The last part of the river was negotiated by bamboo raft, long trunks of bamboo strapped togather with old rubber tire strips. This method of travel, sat half in the water, is serene and peaceful. We are powered by the river and steer as you would a punt boat with long bamboo sticks. Stood at the front ...

Our trek was certainly an amazing experience - I think our highlight thus far of the trip. We were picked up very early from the guest house and both of us were in foul moods. Our guide, Deang, provided us with **** rucksacks and we didnt have time to eat much so we were not very excited. We huddled into the back of a taxi/tuktuk thing with 7 other people (mostly german, which does not sit well at 8 in the morning :s) and began the long drive to our ...

... tell how far we were hitting but was all around the 150 mark. Yesterday we were up early ready to be picked up by the peak adventure team. They took us out of chiang mai about an hours drive. Once we arrived at the camp they showed us the bikes which i was instantly not impressed with, the bikes where not adult bikes, the seats did not adjust and the gears on mine didnt work properly so i had an absolute nightmare. Riding up steep hills on a kids bike in the baking heat just ...

... and began coming into the hut (there were no walls on three sides) and shrinking our dry space. All of a sudden a huge gust of wind tore through the valley and came straight at the front of the hut, splattering us all with rain and soaking some of our things (mine stayed dry). Thankfully that was a really short spell but it was enough to make many people kind of miserable and cold; the temperature must have dropped 10 degrees or more...Then, just as it had started to let up, it ...

... hip hop honey. also lurking in the wings was a japanese man, too shy and reserved to make eye contact till i introduced myself and invited him to join us as lunch of pad thai noodles was served. the sweety from the van sat with a few locals playing cards, drinking colas. a middle aged woman climbed the stairs leading to the hiking trail and waited for us to finish our food, then led us back down the wooden sleepers to the slippery track, muddied by bursts of tropical rain and ...

... president, and things start to go badly, I will hunt this guy down and make him my press secretary. He will be my secret weapon. In about 2.5 hours he answered four questions. In fact, he may not have answered them at all, but he managed to be very interesting and appear very authoritative while rambling through all kinds of subjects. With him as my press secretary I am sure with a bit of coaching that he could never answer any questions, yet keep the press corp ...