Secret Garden Chiang Mai

... 've stayed at have been owner-operated family bungalows, usually outside urban areas, and we lucked in to finding another gem.  The Secret Garden is run by Pi, a Thai woman, and her husband Peter, originally from Germany but a true citizen of the ...

... if we need any help! We arrived at Basil School of cookery and were blown away; in amongst hectic Chiang Mai we walked through a small tranquil garden into an open plan modern but authentic Thai kitchen. She has a lovely quaint dining area with drinks ...

... to pound really hard "the more creamier your paste, the better the flavor," and injected his delightful humor throughout the lesson, "the secret ingredient to Thai cooking is smile while you are stirring," and if any of us got a little freaked at not ...

... Golden Cupids, which we couldn't recommend more. It was divine and really good value at £22 per night. It was a little way out of Chiang Mai, about 15 mins drive, or a 300 THB (£6) taxi. The rooms were ENORMOUS, and the hotel has a nice pool and cheap ...

... the morning dew that's covering the 52,000 populated city.  This is better than the view at Wat Doi Suthep overlooking all of Chiang Mai.  After an hour of sitting up, watching the sun rise over the city and finding myself, I headed down. ...

... were especially interested in making our way up to Chiang Mai due to its location and the prospect of staying at a real nice hotel: The Secret Garden. With 135 5 star reviews, TSG had to be a special place.  We spent nearly 5 hours on the bus ride ...

After a choppy, rollercoaster of a flight to Chiang Mai Clint and I went directly to "The Secret Garden" guesthouse where we were to meet my Dad (Jim) and Patty.  They had reserved online a two story, two bedroom house for us to share for 4 nights in ...

... ; It really did look like something out of a sci fi movie and thats how i like to remember it.  Another bonus was the Chiang Mai airport....a perfect view of the runway so during the day and night, mainly because we were awake for so much of it! you ...

... I felt a funny gurgle in my stomach but tucked into lunch, which was quite delicious.   It was a fairly long drive back to Chiang Mai, made all the longer when we came to a roadblock and had to stop. We were waiting for a member of the royal ...

... our flight to chiang Mai.  Got there way too early, so we had a coffee and got our hair cut.  Quick flight to Chiang Mai and a cheap (100B) taxi to our guest house.  only had aircon, but for 350B, we didn't complain.  When we actually ...

... statues in the garden but im still trying to figure out the Donald Duck statue eating with chopsticks(any ideas please enlighten me). Chiang Mai reminds you of a hippie town in Colorado but with more traffic. Not as crazy as Bangkok but still a bit wild. ...

... hands resting together and thumbs touching) which was such a lovely thing. Even more floaty by this time we went to Vera's secret garden which is a little oasis tea place with great cake (I won't say the name as we don't want the farangs finding ...

... concentric circles around the ring itself.  It seemed that these were reserved for us 'tourists' determined to infiltrate this secret local event, and the place soon filled up with gaggles of Westerners, clutching bottles of Smirnoff Ice and cans of ...

... at all. Plus if youre in a big group you've got more bargaining power so you can cut a cheaper deal! Anyway the Secret Garden Resort is amazing! We had a beachfront bungalow for our stay - the beach is our front garden and you can ...

... and so used to being yelled at that we don't wonder any more. The same does not apply to any other area we visit (Chiang Mai in the north and Koh Chang island). While I am writing this note, several weeks later, my theory of correlation "friendliness to ...