Amora Tapae

The following extract from our diary is the day before, the day of and the day after L's birthday....... Thurs 21st Aug - We decide to go our separate ways today for the first time in 3 months (!!) and L does the "A Lot of Thai" cookery course while M ...

After breakfast we drove to an elephant camp for a first-hand look at the important role elephants play in every aspect of Thai life, from ceremonial purposes to warfare to transportation and farming. We watched the elephants take a bath in the river ...

Woke up early and walked around town. Found a Starbucks but they don't have Chai tea. Returned to the hotel to join the group for breakfast. As a group we traveled by bus up the mountain to Wat Doi Suthep, one of the most revered temples in all ...

Arrived late this morning in Chiang Mai, Thailand's second largest city. Met tour director at the airport and boarded tour bus which drove us to the hotel. The hotel is centrally located and walking distance to the night market. The tour director offered ...

so we survived the first day of the festival which we found out yesterday was just a warm up to today, new years eve. Yesterday was truly amazing, we spent the whole day soaks and standing on the side of many bars and the river and soakin every sole ...

We are leaving Chiang Mai by overnight express train in a couple of hours and I am looking forward to it. We have travelled by every means possible in this country (except long tailed boat) and we have lst class cabin for two only so we should get a ...