Chiang Mai Villas - Reviews and Rates

Chiang Mai has been the shizz!!! We caught the sleeper train from Bangkok and met a cool as guy from.....NEW ZEALAND! Hes originally Canadian, but married a Kiwi girl and has been in NZ for 10 years or so. How cool is it that he calls NZ home.

We got to Chiang Mai, which is a small cruisey little town in comparison to Bangkok and I fell i...

Flower arrangements on banana-stock bases floating down the river (krathong), tubular lanterns floating into the night sky (kom loy), fireworks, parades, happy crowds...it's Loi Krathong, the Thai celebration of the harvest moon. Time to paaaar-tay! This is one of those entries in which neither words nor photos do justice to the experience. So, ...

so i know i havent updated for ages - i have my excuses. Anywy i'm back dating it now! So This was a day i had off work, it was to do with some royal occassion called Rama - maybe a birthday. Anyway my housemates and i went an did some touresty stuff - mostly visiting Wats (temples) of which there are lots - too many to visit, so we just visited...

Emptiness and Mindfulness, two things that the great Buddha taught so that we can all work to achieve Enlightenment. Was that my goal on this retreat? No, not even close. I feel that is still a goal far too extreme for someone like myself who's heart is still far from being calm. Mindfulness, now that's a more achievable goal, or at least i thou...

Sun 28th: After a long sad goodbye as we leave the Ele Park, we eventually find ourselves back in Chiang Mai with Jamie. After such a hectic and sleep deprived couple of weeks, we decide Jamie's idea of the poshest hotel in Chiang Mai sounds good. So we check into the most gorgeous hotel, it has carpet! Hot water! And a bath! Heavenly. After a n...

Four-day trip into the mountains about 45 minutes from Chiang Mai. We rode there on the back of a truck from Sunshine Massage School all the way to Lahu Village. Lahu is peculiar. Rich in heritage (they're originally Tibetan and have moved to Thailand via Cambodia), much tradition has given way to opium, alcohol and betelnut. Kids beat up animal...

We rode back into Chiang Mai in the early evening. Jon and I hurried to get cleaned up because we had made plans with Naomi and Merav to go to Shabbat dinner at Chabad. Apparently Jon had done Shabbat dinner with Davin before, so he wasn't feeling overwhelmed. I, meanwhile, was living it up, remembering all the songs and prayers I used to know. ...

I had been in denial that my final day in Toroto would ever come. I remember the day I bit the bullet and resigned my job. That was way back in March. So for the next 3 months I began the countdown. My attitude changed, doubts crept in, the farewells began and my home for nearly four years became temporary. It was time to go. The goodwill and th...

I've been in Thailand for a week, and it hasn't been as daunting as I had feared. This might have to do with the fact that I've had 2 excellent tour guides. Andy and Cam have been travelling throughout South East Asia since November. Andy and I had stayed in touch during that time, and it just so happened that he was in Thailand, waiting for a v...

Feb 8- After a long 12 hour bus ride, I have arrived in the city of Chiang Mai. I stayed in Chiang Mai for 3 nights. Chiang Mai is a lot smaller than Bangkok but has almost as many sites with over 300 temples. It was easy to full 3 days exploring the city. I will stay here for 3 or 4 days and then head to the small town of Pai. Bye for now, Glen.