Imperial Mai Ping

... some more temples. Chiang Mai alone has 300 temples, as many as Bangkok, and is considered the northern capital of Thailand. Chiang Mai s an amazing walled and moated city – some of the wall built in the 1800s still surrounds the city. (pic of ...

... in Ayuthuya (named in honor of Lord Rama's home of Ayodhya in India) sacked Ankgor.  Though tired of the imperial rule of the Khmers, both of the original Thai kingdoms were very much influenced by the cultural aspects of their former ...

We decided very last minute in Phi Phi to fly up to the north of Thailand to Chiang Mai. This saved us a considerable amount of time,by avoiding the long train journeys we had another 2 nights, 1 more spent in Phi Phi and 1 more in Chiang Mai. Our hotel ...

... couple of other elementary words were all we could come up with).   After about 30 minutes we stopped at the Chiang Mai Spa.  Thermal hot springs that had the typical sulfur smell and were made into two small pools and a fountain.  ...

The last day in Chiang Mai was pretty uneventful, we woke up, ate breakfast and headed to the airport.   Had a 20 minute foot massage and boarded the plane.  We flew Thai air.   As soon as we were off of the ground, lunch was ...

... 3 weeks of chronic diarrhea, I was so tired (not to mention 6 kilograms skinnier! sorry thats 13 pounds for you imperial people) and the constant s*x pestering really wore me down.   I think the last big email I sent only talked about ...

We meet and sign the waiver. Charles and Ann from Minneapolis, James and Crista from Melbourne with Ant, our guide, Jump, his intern assistant and Pansit, our driver. good quality Trek bikes. We did a 25 km flat cycle just to test us out. everyone seemed ...

... saw young monks studying. Their heads were shaven except for the front part where their hair grew long. We then made our way to the Imperial Tombs of Minh Mang and Tu Duc. The tombs are modelled on those of the Chinese Emperors. The roofs are a ...

... driver (he thought we wanted to go to a shopping centre - it's called something like Empire Plaza so understandable). Like the Japanese Imperial Family the Thai Royal Family don't have to put up with a small home. The Palace is lavish, with gold and ...