The Small Chiang Mai

... time living in another country and I don't stop until I'm halfway around the globe in Thailand. Not Bangkok, not Chiang Mai, the very small town across the border from Burma rumored to be laden with illegal drug trafficking, black market stones, and ...

... one night! This is about an hour from here and is a small town that has an elephant hospital. Its meant to be like a small Chiang Mai so very excited! I then going to make my way down to the south of the islands. This means going back to ...

... was crispy fried and was meant to be dipped in this rather tangy-spicy sauce. It was so good we ordered a second round. Chiang Mai has a culinary reputation and we had some pretty big expectations, however, the town delivered and we left more in love ...

... ) the next day we had a two day trek booked. We got picked up from our hostel and traveled out of Chiang Mai about 35km south-west. We arrived at a small elephant farm where we took a short trip on the back of an elephant through the jungle and along ...

... , dogs and cats. In the coming days, Thai Thai became our home base, and we befriended Pizzy and her family,   Chiang Mai is a a cultural treasure trove. Ornate Buddhist temples are dotted throughout the city. We visited the three major wats: Wat ...

... and continued on our journey to Chiang Mai. We stopped about 15km from our hotel to visit the most famous and important temple in Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. Doi Suthep is a Buddhist temple ontop of a hill which dates back to 1383. We took a cable car to the ...

... their life and ours. This was very interesting for all of us. We also rented some bikes to discover the city. Chiang Mai is very small city which is very relaxed and easy to discover. There are lots of great restaurants from all over the world, there is ...

... have to take your shoes off to go into the bar and everybody sits on the ground which is made of bamboo mats overlooking central Chiang Mai. The drinks were well-priced at $2 a piece. Getting down was pretty difficult as you have to walk down from stairs ...

... that I had on my list on coming to Thailand was to visit the hill tribes in the North of the country. Our stop in Chiang Mai offered the perfect opportunity. We attempted to book on a tour before arriving, but left it too late. Instead we booked on a ...

... was literally a hole in the floor through which you could see the train tracks moving beneath you!!!   We arrived in Chiang Mai yesterday morning and were both knackered, smelly and in desperate need of a change of clothing.  We got a ...

Tuesday 29th June 2010 We arrived Chiang Mai rather sleep deprived about 8am. At least our tour guide was already waiting for us and drove us to our hotel where we passed out for most of the day and only had enough energy to find some food in the ...

Day 1: Waking up in Chiang Mai, i still can barely move and Kim is tired and lethargic. We lie in and then decide we ought to do something with the day. (Its still raining, i thought we had got lucky with the wet season as cambodia, vietnam and most of ...

... Thailand moves at a slower pace than in North America, but I personally didn't notice that until we were on the overnight train to Chiang Mai.  We climbed on the train at 7:30 in Bangkok, and our estimated time of arrival was 9:30 the next ...

... that is Baan Saen Doi. This was meant to be our romantic relaxation weekend set in the country (it is about 30 minutes drive outside Chiang Mai). On the one hand it was good that Eirini was in the nicest place we had stayed in given she was under the ...

... (our whole car was kept awake much of the night by loud drunk people and the train arrived six hours late!), I arrived in Chiang Mai. Steve--a Canadian I'd met at my guesthouse in Bangkok--and I had hatched a plan to do a 4-day scooter ...

... big change of plan of the whole trip so far. We rushed off to the strain station in Lopburi and booked an overnight train to Chiang Mai, looking forward to getting into a big city again and especially to have a base for a few days. Our first impressions ...

... Victor bought some fabrics and the two remaining good purses.  I worry about Ploy and all other talented graduates of Chiang Mai university. They start well and quickly give in to commercial demands, knocking up pictures and objects similar to those ...

... us back on an even keel. I held on until my fingers couldn't take it any more and off they sailed. Cool. Apart from that Chiang Mai was very pleasant, lots of good food (more fried insect stalls, which we're not brave enough to eat yet) and pleasant ...

... to sleep on the bus, so spent most of the night tossing and turning in our seats.  We got a tuk-tuk to Chiang Mai International Youth Hostel and were greeted by the owner Peter about ten minutes after we got there.  Unfortunately we weren't ...

... cut ( cut , blowdry and styling) His new spikey Thai style gave us all a laugh. We picked up a magazine giving info about Chiang Mai events and life-a bit like Bath Life. This a great read for jobs, house rentals and links with the expat community. We ...