Mandarin Chiang Mai

Voyage en Chine pour apprendre le mandarin, faire du tourisme, et peut-être un peu de business... Au programme, 2 mois à Haikou, sur l'île de Hainan, puis direction Guangzhou (Canton) pour affaire, et Guilin un peu plus haut. Impossible de manquer l' ...

... crazy?" "I would never want to live there." "Don't mention the word democracy." "Be careful." 'I'm jealous!" "Do you speak Mandarin?" "Do you know anyone there?" My response to all their remarks are that I have no expectations. My one expectation ...

18 Dec -21 Chiang Mai     Three days in Chiang Mai is not enough!    Flying into the airport was reminiscent of Thailand of yesteryear. One main building, walking across the tarmac from the plane to the airport. Hotel - ...

... such as the Elephant Farm, Wat on the top of the mountain and the Orchid Farm before. All well worth doing. We did go into Chiang Mai city a couple of times for Tiz to visit a temple and get blessed by a monk- white string passed around oneself , holy ...

... We bought some nusery plants sealed in a bottle, which we have to remember not to leave  on our balcony when we pack today. Chiang Mai city is a bit confusing to get around as there are a lot of one way streets. The large Wats are worth going round. ...

... tonight will have to look at a photo of my bike to find out where it's supposed to go and how I can reattach it. ANYWAY I'm in Chiang Mai now. Can I just say the train ride was quite hideos, largely because I had nowhere to shower before I got on it and ...

... )). Speaking of Warm have we mentioned it is around 31 degrees here? he he Anyway Satuday and Sunday was the 35th Chiang Mai flower festival, with the Thai's all dressed in original Thai dress and floats covered in millions of flower to form ...

So the Chiang Mai Flower Festival was really cool. I asked at the front desk and got general directions but the woman said it was really far. I'm always skeptical when they say things like that because my version of far and theirs might be different. ...

... (alcohol free as we knew it would be) was in a large new plane with loads of room and a lovely chicken curry. At Chiang Mai airport we were relieved to be reunited with our luggage and were met by an airconditioned Merc which Greg the manager had ...

... by a moat and full of markets and possibilities. I feel serene :) Licia ____________________ update ____________________ Hello again, I'm still in Chiang Mai! The hotel owner must be sick of me by now, everyday I tell him I'm staying ...

... of Thailand's most sacred temples for last... about 300 steps of stairs lead up to the hilltop temple, which boasts a panoramic view of Chiang Mai... Random Act of Kindness #2 - i shared a mini-bus with a young couple from bangkok up to Doi Suthep... ...

... , but I thought I'd just remind y'all... So Wat Doi Suthep is a temple on top of Doi Suthep... They are fairly significant Chiang Mai landmarks, you can see them looming over the city, although the mountain is not especially big, about 1700m. So we ...

... sweet-tooth is missing all of the fine, dark, European chocolates I had come to eat regularly. But, that's what our weekends in Chiang Mai are all about. The city caters to the needs of the Western taste buds, and although it's no Sweet Occasions (special ...

... sat next to a kind guy named NeNe. He helped us communicate with the staff, and we taught him how to play uno! Once in Chiang Mai, we were picked up by about 10 people from the school. We could tell they were very excited for our arrival. We ...

... ;๓๓๓๓๓๓ Moving on from fruits to flowers this weekend.  Today is the start of the Chiang Mai Flower Festival.  I'm meeting Cedar this morning and we're heading to Bauk Hat Public Park to see the displays and ...

Our friend and personal tour guide, Bird, picked us up this morning and took us to the mountain on the western part of Chiang Mai. Here, we visited the Mong tribe village, where we dressed in the traditional attire and wandered the village.   ...

We are packing up to leave our favorite spot in Chiang Mai. The sun is finally beginning to come out. Not to whine but it has been unusually cool in Thailand this week. My big purchase was a jacket and shawl. The spa was as incredible as always and a ...