Banilah

... in the morning. Over (proper) bacon sandwiches and with Chris Moyles blaring over the radio we searched t'internet and found the Banilah, slightly out of town across the northern moat. Good job we did as this revolutionised our stay in Chiang Mai. We ...

... , I woke up with a fever, aching body, headache and infected tonsils...turns out I had tonsillitis.  Nan, one of the lovely ladies at Banilah, was kind enough to take Matt out on her scooter, to a pharmacy to get me some drugs, whilst I laid in bed ...

... than the jok was Khao Soi.  I knew that this was the thing to get in Chiang Mai, so I asked the women who ran Banilah,  the guesthouse I was staying at.  These girls, by the way, were some of the friendliest and most helpful hosts you could ...

After Athena left for the beaches and kayaking, I must admit I felt a little lonely. So where did I head?  The zoo naturally. The largest aquarium in Asia is also on the same premises so I stopped there too. Highlights included: 1.  Feeding a ...

Left Bangkok and flew to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. My hotel is outside the old city more in a local neighborhood (which is exactly what I like). Most of the fellow travelers here are Thais. My room is amazing though I have to kill at least 6 ...

Ok so time is against me now and I realised I have missed quite a few blogs so here goes the quick catch up. Today was a 7am start being picked up outside my coffee shop/guesthouse in Chaing Mai for a 3 hour return minibus journey to Chaing Rai, a ...

Today I flew Bangkok Airways to Chaing Mai leaving behind the great memories of Bangkok (some seedy but mostly very good and overall I have enjoyed the hostel that I stayed in).. Got to the airport in plenty of time (you know me) and by mid afternoon I ...

Wow, what a day, what another experience. After the exhaustion of yesterday's tour I lay in bed and checked my facebook when then there was a message from the Canadian guy Chad I had met in Bangkok saying that he arrived into Chaing Mai by overnight ...

We've had a great few days here in Chiang Mai so far - we really love it here. Yesterday we ventured out into the old city on the borrowed bicycles - ended up hiring one more though as mine was extremely dodgy!  We cycled around the small, quiet ...

Well we made it safely back to Bangkok by train from Kanchanaburi's very quaint station. On route we were lucky to have met Win and her boyfriend - a Thai lady with a heart of gold! She told me that she thought I was beautiful and had nice coloured eyes ...

I took a while to get dress because cartoons wasn't good for me. So, my mom (Laura) told me to get dress so I did. Until my mom wanted me to put on my pants so I did but then she wanted my to put on my skirt. My dad told my mom he didn't want me to put ...

Hilarity ensued during last night's events.  The one constant in this trip thus far has been our ability to find ourselves in interesting situations.  Here's how things played out (from what I can piece together from pictures and stories this ...

 Chiang Mai has absolutely lived up to expectation thus far during our stay.  Our hostel's staff is beyond friendly, we had a bit of a break from the scorching weather this morning, and took part in a 7 course all-day cooking extravaganza that ...

So Emily and I began our trek up to Chiang Mai in high style - complete with a double decker bus emblazoned with "Hello Chang Mai" across the rear. Did I mention the bus was teal? I can tell we're in for an adventure already. On a bright note, it ...

Hello everyone! :) Well Chiang Mai has been fun after a fairly slow start, getting used to everything! Whilst being here we have: visited a massive night market in which all of the streets are shut off to traffic with lots of nice things to buy! Ed even ...

Hello all! Had a nice couple of last days in Bangkok, went to a few markets and such! It was quite a nice feeling though, to know we were going to be leaving behind the hectic Bangkok! Before we left, we went to a fish spa! this was a VERY weird ...

Another week in Chiang Mai. I have decided that Thai massage was something I would like to pursue a little further, so I have chosen to remain in this lovely city for another week to complete level 2 of my training. So far it has been great. Level 1 ...