Royal Princess Hotel Chiang Mai

... eye (mine were jammed closed for the entire trip) we were in Chiang Mai and not long later we were at our hotel, the Royal Princess. I could only find a 5 baht coin (25 cents) to tip the porter, who looked a bit nonplussed after having gone to the trouble ...

... told me it would be. He took me to my hotel and gave me instructions for the next day trekking adventure. The Hotel, The Royal Princess, is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, and since it's low season here I've got the room for 2000 baht (about $ 70.00). I went out to ...

... asked someone what was going on. It turned out that the queen of Thailand was going to be coming and always stays in the Royal Princess Hotel that the crowd was around. We decided to hang around and get a glimpse of royalty. We ended up waiting for about ...

... slowly today because she's feeling pretty badly. A spa day was really all she wanted for the day! Unfortunately, the Royal Princess no longer offers massage. So we headed toward another place recommended by our guidebook -- unfortunately, it too, was ...

... all of these buffets.  The day started off well with a drive up into the beautiful mountain countryside outside of Chiang Mai.  We visited an elephant farm (which we had pre-screened for treating its animals well and preservation issues) and got ...