Chiang Mai Guest House

... on benches in the middle of the warm night. You can not help to feel that you are on an adventure. Before arriving into Chiang Mai in the morning the train crosses a tropical mountain forest, it is bright now, the single track is dangerously exposed on ...

... prices of Jetstar, but they still retain the ability to act like compassionate, normal human beings).  We'd arranged for our Chiang Mai guest house to pick us up from the airport, and sure enough there was our guy waving a little chalkboard with our ...

... its nature appeal...plus it smells like rotten eggs cos of the ammonia/sulphur. Back to the guest house and I went for a wander around Chiang Mai scouting and marking more points of interest (mountain bike hire place...hmm...a Thai touty person told ...

... and neighboring areas than originally planned.  Sleeping             The Rendezvous Guest House comes highly recommended.  For about $17 per night you can get a large double room in a ...

... find something to eat I decided to hell with Chiang Mai I would go ahead and leave this morning for Pai. I walked back to the guest house and checked out and walked over to the bus station and caught the next bus for Pai. As is commonly the case they ...

... train was already there so we found our coach and boarded. We had booked bunks A and B on Mike's (the owner of Asha Guest house) recommendation. The reason being that during the day there are seats, then at night the seats get turned into beds. One upper ...

... day – I muse that I’m turning into a bit of an elderly action man as I wait to be collected outside my Guest House between 8 - 8.30.  Early morning mini buses go past – these are utility trucks with a cover on the back and ...

... lodging was 1300 Bhat for both of us or about $45,USD. Careful, you get what you pay for. We stayed at Grace's Guest House which served us well for temporary accomodations. It was a "backpackers" hotel so there are no frills, just a plain room with ...

... in Chiang Mai. After grabbing my pack I hopped in a tuktuk (a three wheeled motorized rickshaw) and headed to the Lai Thai Guest House. To avoid getting scammed, negotiate the price before you climb in. You should never pay more than about 60 baht ($2). ...

... on rice whiskey.  We arrived in Chiang Mai around lunchtime and luckily we knew where we were going as the girls had recommended the guest house they stayed in.  We didn't even have to make our own way as a guy from the guest house was there ...

... ).  After the small towns of the West and North, it was nice to be in a more cosmopolitan place. Found in a nice little guest house whose main selling feature was a nice pool in front.  I also liked the TV... nice to watch a movie once in a ...

... 8217;t all that bad, although the petrol fumes, engine noise and rickety nature of them can pose problems for longer journeys.   The guest house itself was pretty good, as we didn’t know what to expect after booking it from the train station in ...

... then 5$, easy to get around and walkable, much less crazy then Bangkok but still scorching hot.   We stayed at Sri Pak guest house (400 baht/night) with hot water and private bathroom. Outside our door there was a huge mango tree. We toured 5 major ...

... city. The main backpacker district is in the old town with lots of little cafes and bars around. We checked into a sound guest house and went for breakfast and had the best noodle soup ever. We were feeling pretty exhausted after traveling for 4 days ...

... here. And then there's the regional dishes. Our very first restaurant, which was chosen simply as it was close to our guest house, introduced two new favorite dishes to our repertoire: Kai yang and Mu nam tok. So enthralled with these dishes were we that ...

... of food poisoning which wiped me out from early afternoon the next day. Fortunately, by then we had made it to SK House in Chiang Mai so I can be ill in relative luxury, whilst Nicki plunders the shopping areas around our guest house. Please feel free ...

... bus!!! On arrival in Chiang Mai (at around 7am, ugh!) we went with the first place we saw to stay which was a place called SK Guest House.  It was very nice, quiet, clean and did us well for a few nights.  We got there, ate some breakfast really ...

... was fabulous. Soaked and for the first time, cool in Thailand we got in our car to take us home. When I arrived back at the guest house after our pentathalon trek... Erin was in the same place I left her, asleep in bed. I left to go to the night ...

... new Guest House - Thapae Garden - and we had coffee and looked at their tours. We decided to go with a 2 night, 3 day trek and the Guest House keeps a room for us and looks after our bags. We also booked a one day tour and got a nice discount. Then we ...