Phrae Hotel

... was just doing a really good job teaching people English in Phrae. Our Special Hotel The hotel we stayed in Phrae was a hybrid between hotel stays and long term stays. Our bathroom was on a small private balcony, where laundry could be hung. There ...

... how to just sit quietly while time is a wasting. Anyway, after a 2 hour ride in a very comfortable bus, we arrived in Phrae. By luck, the best hotel in town was just in front of the bus station. That also means that it is far from the center of town, ...

... and the bus station in Phrae even managed to produce a free town map which showed all the accommodation. We rejected the first hotel, two hundred yards from the bus station as too grand, the second was very dated and even the pictures of the rooms showed ...

... arrow painted on a bit of wood and the rest left to common sense. This also meant no delays. We are booked into PoomThai Garden Hotel which I know is not far from the bus station,but we opt for a songtaew to takes us there anyway. This re runs the exact ...

... day we hear the same cd about 5 times. It was also playing yesterday. We find out how to get to Sukhothai and arrange for the hotel's tuktuk to take us to the station at 10 in the morning, sorted! We stay put until we are hungry and go into a Vegan place ...

The great highlight of this day was stopping at Sukhothai Historical Park which is in a beautiful, green park. It is Thailand's largest collection of historic ruins.   This is the place where the Thai nation was born and became  the capital of ...

... only had we checked the time of the bus with the information desk at the bus station but after being given the wrong information in Phrae we also checked the ticket counter which said above it "Loei", they both wrote down for us eight thirty but we were ...

... ; The worst part of the trip was the constant swaying around narrow, curvy roads was we wound our way up into the "mountains" of Phrae and Nan Provinces.    We stocked up on snacks for the seven hour bus ride.  At one point while we were ...

... a night I leave Chiang Mai about 8am after attempting to infuse myself with some enthusaism by mainlining coffee. As I cycle out Thae Phrae gate I bid a sad farewell to Black Canyon Coffee and their super strong lattes. Its grey and rainy and not long ...

... (400 baht for an 800 baht room!)  free wifi   Uttaradit - Phrae (via Den Chai for lunch) 90kms Hotel Thongsoon, Phrae, Thailand (130 baht cheapest so far)   Phrae - Long (a little detour) - Lampang (115kms) The ...

17th February 2009 Hotel Thongsoon, Phrae, Thailand (130 baht cheapest so far) The fan's on big time yesterday: Sokhatai - Si Satchanalai - Uttaradit 120 kms today: Uttaradit - Phrae (via Den Chai for lunch) 90kms   Last ...

... was not easy with a constant flow of traffic across about 5 lanes and no proper crossing!!! The Grand Palace and Wat Phrae were really cool, amazing temples and statues which were decorated in such detail....but couldn't take photos inside any of the ...

... as comfortable as train travel even though train travel is a bit slower. So here is how we got back to Bangkok: From our hotel, we walked right across the street to the bus station expecting to take a bus from there to the town of Den Chai, which has ...