Thaton, Thailand

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Travel Blogs from Thaton (8)

Insight, here I come..., Wat Thaton, northern border area, Thailand travel blog
Insight, here I come...
Jan 19, 2005

Going up there to finally do a 7 or 10-day (fear of commitment) Vipassana mediation course, after thinking about it for 11 months. Talk about avoidance. Back in Chaing Mai in a couple of weeks...

A travel blog entry by mimmik
This is a top pick!
Camino hacia Chiang Rai, Thaton, Thailand travel blog
Camino hacia Chiang Rai
Feb 28, 2007

Vamos camino a Chiang Rai pero para hacerlo "diferente", hemos optado por la opcion de llegar en el boat-bus... asi, estamos en Thaton, alojados en el Garden Home Nature Resort (http://www.natureresort.th.gs/), nice place to stay in Thaton, con la idea de ...

A travel blog entry by javiersonia-bcn
Boats, buses, bikes...   part 1., Road Trip:  Thaton, ChiangRai, MaiSai, SopRuak, ChiangSaen, Thailand travel blog
Boats, buses, bikes... part 1.
Oct 11, 2003

... stops. We got off at this one set of hot springs. I think someone should explain to me how it's fair that Thailand with is 30'C weather, needs so many hotsprings, when Ontario clearly needs more... But hotsprings here mean business, there's no swimming ...

A travel blog entry by misscanoehead
Close to the border, Thaton, Thailand travel blog
Close to the border
Feb 5, 2009

Moved on yesterday from Chiang Dao by local bus up to the border (with Myanmar/Burma) town of Thaton. Not much here except the river and today we are taking the boat to Chiang rai. The town is very quiet and lots of businesses have closed due to the lack ...

A travel blog entry by marmotstew

Forum Discussions on Thaton (3)

Thoughts on Pai?
Posted on Feb 19, 2007, 18:25:38
... depart at 12:30 p.m. to Chiangrai. The few that do stay in the area all comment that the Thaton area is the highlight of their Thailand journey. They are impressed with the friendliness of the people without the commercialism found in the heavily visited ...
Advice for visitors to Chiang Mai Thailand
Posted on May 25, 2006, 20:27:31
We just got back from a 6 day noth Thailand Experience. The first couple of days were at Doi Inthanon National Park. We then traveled to an elephant camp and spent the evening in a Lisu hill tribe village. We then visited Chiang Dao Cave Shrine and Wat ...
Thoughts on Pai?
Posted on Feb 20, 2007, 03:08:17
... . I am one of the ones that have been through Thaton. Visiting the temple there. My Laotian monk friends when they first entered Thailand had lived there, so we had a nice visit to say hi to the temple cook etc. It looked like a beautiful little town. ...

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