North Hotel Chiang Rai

Our next stop North was Chiang Rai - which we managed to get to on a local bus which must have been the bumpiest bus ride ever! Certainly there was no way you could nod off for a little while without knocking yourself out each time your head hit the ...

... translated as the 'land of smiles.' Having stayed overnight in Bangkok l awoke early to take my flight to Chiang Rai, Thailand's most north city right near the border of Laos and Burma, making the famous Golden Triangle. Thailand is known for ...

Singapore to Chiang Rai , transfer BKK by TG flight on 6th Sept. Sabai Inn(THB350/room) 2 Nights & The North hotel(THB350/room) 2 Nights. 7-9-2010   Wat Phra Kaew ( emerlad temple ) ~ the King MengRai Statue ~ TOP department store ...

... install for us, after a sweaty walk down the road after we thought it was a good idea to walk to the hotel instead of getting a taxi(Chiang Rai looked small how hard could this be) we finally stumble onto the hotel which was not exactly on or in the ...

... weeks of work. Hallefuckinglujah! Sun arrived on Monday morning and later that day we flew up from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, which is in the very North of Thailand, also known as the Golden Triangle. Famed through the Opium trade of yesteryear, when ...

... has instant coffee - not good!              Further north near the town of Chiang Rai, we visited an interesting temple called Wat Rong Khun aka the White Temple. While most temples have ...

... the Karen people, who migrated in from Myanmar and number about 400,000 or 40% of the ethnic hilltribe population in Chiang Rai province.  Most Karen are integrated into Thai society and are otherwise unspottable, except for the Paduang Karen, who ...

... phrases we could use. He sat with us and drank, but didn't eat. After paying and saying our goodbyes we rode back towards chiang rai, I was enjoying the ride and the friendly waves we were getting from the locals when we see one guy on the side of ...

... to relax. We agreed to meet up later. Curt and I spent quite some time interviewing different tourist agencies and checking out what Chiang Rai had to offer (which turned out to be next to nothing.) The city itself is a quiet place where one can set up ...

... twice as much for just the wifi and their food and wats don’t compare (nice beaches in Oz though)! Chiang Rai is a small town in the hills north of Chiang Mai that attracts tourists for trekking to hilltribe villages, going on to Laos (as Dan, Mark ...

... slight problem later on. We check in and she highlights some of the things we should do. Walk to the night markets (which in Chiang Rai are a slight let down after Chiang Mai) see the clock tower in the middle of the city (this lights up many different ...

Today we headed of to Chiang Rai, a four hour bus ride north of Chiang Mai through the mountains surrounding the plain where Chiang Mai lies. Chiang Rai is a much smaller town than Chiang Mai, which means that everywhere worth going is reachable by foot. ...

... tausenden kleinen weissen Spiegeln verziert. Wunderschoen! Der Tempel heisst Wat Rong Koon und befindet sich ca. 10km suedlich von Chiang Rai. Dann gings mit einer Bootstour auf dem Mekong weiter. Dieser Fluss bildet die natuerliche Grenze zwischen Laos, ...

Thursday 2nd of January Got a flight very early today (6.40am) for Chiang Rai which is completly up North of Thailand. Going there to see if I can do a trek. The town has a nice laidback atmosphere, full of young monks due to the buddhist university ...

... a taxi...legs still ceased up from trekking), saw some good statues and could see as far as Burma. From there we went on to Chiang Rai and had a day of VERY intensive sight seeing. We stopped at 'monkey temple' on the way which was quite good but ...

... in a hostel in Queensland (but worse with smashed windows and police involved) and eventually the crazies stopped. My first day in Chiang Rai was basically spent napping, very very tired, but also went for a stroll around town and managed to get rather ...

... tea in world last year. Very interesting seeing where and how some tea is grown. After seeing this area we hit the road to Chiang Rai the northern most province in Thailand, we stayed in the city tonight by the main river. We visited another temple again, ...

... peoples of Southeast Asia and came from China to Southeast Asia. Main settlement area are the ridges above approximately 1,000 m in north Thailand. The Akha lives as farmers and regards their villages as of spirit inhabited, one enters it by a special ...

... at this amazing temple of white with mirrors all over it which made it so sparkly! Then back to Chiang Mai for our last meal with Janna :( Up north - seems to be cooler, the animals a lot more looked after and a lot of Chinese/Burmese influence! ...

     So we arrived here in Chiang Rai in the north of Thailand after traveling both paved and quite remote single track across the mountains.    We crossed one river and two or three creeks which added to the fun. I never ...