D2 Hotel Chiang Mai

Well, I arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon to Chiang Mai International Airport. Not much of an international airport, but I guess they do have flights that fly directly into and out of other countries. Arrived to a REAL monsoon-style rainstorm, ...

... station in Sukhothai, it was 7am and we heading north for Songkran (Thai New Year).  We got there early cos the journey to Chiang Mai is about 6 hours, depending on how many back gardens we stop at on the way. Got our tickets no problem and went to ...

We got to Chiang Mai about 9am and the train station was full of people trying to give us a tuk tuk, taxi or mini van ride. 200 baht. We ended up getting one for 150. We arrived at our hotel and were straight away impressed. The foyer is gorgeous high ...

... which was only about 20 minutes away and got there quite early. We checked our baggage in and then decided to share a little burger, fries and coke and use the free internet whilst waiting for our flight. Bye bye Chiang Mai you have been so good to ...

... of wines and a beer. After getting our moneys worth we headed out to pick up our laundry which we got washed on arrival to Chiang Mai at $4 for all our washing I am seriously considering retiring in Thailand. On our way back to the hotel we also did some ...

... this other side of Chiang Mai! That evening we had reservations at The House, one of the nicest (and fanciest) restaurants in Chiang Mai. The reservations included my friends Shana and Felicia, as well as Katie and her mom. While I walk past the ...

... . We left our backpacks at reception and our lift arrived to take us to the Xtreme Centre. It was a short ride out of Chiang Mai city centre and when we arrived we had our own personal instructor for off-road buggying. Clearly, no other girl was stupid ...

On Monday we went from the prison massage in the morning to our 5 star spa in our hotel in the afternoon for a massage ---- since it is so reasonable we went all out for a couples Warm Ginger Massage. Kevin chose the energizing oil and I chose balancing ...

... snapper cooked over the coals. Delicious. We then shared a soda water with passionfruit pulp. We proceeded to walk through the rest of the Bazaar and buy more things. After our big day we came back to the hotel to relax feeling battered, bruised and ...

... to do trips out to it, or runs a bus. So, we checked our handy guide and it suggests; getting the bus that goes to Chiang Mai, asking the driver to let you off just out of town then walking out to it. Great idea, surprisingly the helpful sod that wrote ...

... The following day (Tuesday - oh do keep up!) we spend the day at the elephant sanctuary.  On Wednesday we fly out of Chiang Mai and.... ....Arrive in Phuket.  Not for long as we should be whisked away by boat and car (not at the same ...

... in Zambia with the owner doing his weekly benefit radio program for the locals, to last night in the lobby of the D2 hotel in Chiang Mai. The person in charge of the lobby music in our hotel offered to play us some dance music when we asked him ...

... was sad to go and we had a great once in a lifetime adventure..... Time to pack up and get into our taxi back to Chiang Mai.....we shared one with Chad and Jill....they bought a pic...frame and all...sooo needless to say the taxi was very ...