Chiang Mai Hostels

... and hopefully also volunteer and work with the hill tribes. I'm doing this on 3 grand .. I plan on staying on couches and in hostels and I'm carrying everything on my back and being a minimalist . Stay with me, and when I get a chance aka internet cafe, ...

... started to get a little bit worried. We found out later on there was a festival over the weekend and most hostels were fully booked. When we arrived in Chiang Mai we decided to ask the lady that was pestering us to use her tuk tuk if she knew of any ...

... you may feel like you're going to die, but be confident - it's the only way to get through the city! Chiang Mai Trek/Rafting/Elephant Ride day The hostels (the ones that don't want to con you out of all of your money) offer really good deals on all in ...

... next day I left at 6am to take part in the flight of the gibbons. This is an activity located in the mountains 1 hour from chiang Mai. You spend 3hours harnessed up and zip lining 24 different lines 50-100 metres above the jungle,for a distance of about 3 ...

... Dave said to me, 'I would have thought that Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth would have got their own drivers to take them around Chiang Mai.' Confused, I asked what he was going on about. He replied, 'Didn't you see who the review was written by?' I ...

... from the airport with the 6 others to take them to the hotel. The following day was a free day which I spent exploring some of Chiang Mai, in particular the old area inside the old city walls, as well as shopping as I was rather aware of my shortage of ...

... This was part of our trip we had been looking forward to from the first day. We spent the rest of the evening wondering around Chiang Mai’s old town taking photos, and getting some dinner. I had my first Thai Red Curry and it almost blew my head ...

... my bed dry dude), Kerry, Graham, Vim, Goong, Franco and Bernice! You guys rock! Hunney give me my pants back! Got back to Chiang Mai on Monday then had dinner. Went to Muay Thai boxing that night - one word brutal! Check out the short move of a ...

... for us.  ALSO we only paid $4 dollars a night.  We also met some really fun backpackers to share our experiences in Chiang Mai with.  Fortunately the charm and cheap rate prevailed and I am proud to say that I made it four nights in this ...

... , legs, elbows flying everywhere and a the Scottish lad achieved a knockout by the 3rd round (6 mins). A ''Happy Ending". Chiang Mai has a small privately owned insect museum comprising of 426 mosquito species, bettles, butterflies, and giant ...

... , Chiang Mai bound for some chillax time and our first cultural experiences of the trip (minus the ping pong)! Our sleeper train to Chiang Mai had been cancelled because of the floods so we'd booked a cheap Air Asia flight instead. Chiang Mai is in the ...

... really good fun and only about £12! First we picked 4 dishes that we wanted to cook, I chose: Thai green curry, spring rolls, Chiang Mai chicken noodles and sour and hot prawn soup. After doing this we went to the market to learn about some of the unique ...

... being critical but I won't. I enjoyed the visit, particular as I was with Agamai but I thought that overall that the Chiang Mai Zoo was a disappointment. One recent novel event within the zoo had been the encouragement of local 'modern' artists ...

... cold jet for 5 days. I shall be using up most of Australia's water supply when I get there. We headed in to Chiang Mai old city this afternoon for their infamous night markets. They are tiny interconnected stalls that run the whole length of one ...

... with.  Started the night by having a bbq with everyone at the hostel, then moved into town for the countdown party. Chiang Mai's the largest city north of Bangkok so it was mega busy. The countdown party consisted of a big outdoor shindig with ...

... !). We were shown various herbs and how rice is pounded....Grace had a go of that! We had delicious fresh fruit as a snack...yummy! Chiang Mai is a walled city surrounded by a moat of which quite a few sections of the wall remain intact.. By night the ...

... were selling framed photos of us with the elephant, and I decided what the hell, I'd have one as a memento of the trek and Chiang Mai as a whole. Little did I know the implications this would have later on, but more on that later. After the elephants, we ...

Got into Chiang Mai in the morning, checked into my guest house and then just started walking through the city.  Checked out a few of the many wats, booked my flights from here to the islands and booked a three day trek in the nearby ...

Finally arrived in Chiang Mai, after a not-so-bad train journey.  We were about 2hrs late arriving, but i had managed to get some sleep after cutting myself off form the outside world with the help of ear buds and a sleeping mask...excellent!  ...