Thailand again,Chiang Mai

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On arrival Chiang Mai we settled in a very comfortable guest house; Mandala House with internet in the room and very clean.

In Chaing Mai we took two tours:

One was full day tour to elephant camp, bambu rafting, ox cart riding, orchid and butterfly farms. As you will see from the pictures our tour members ; one Chinese, two Canadian, two from U.S.A. and we two Turks had a lot of fun.

As for the other half day tour we went to the famous temple on the hill and hilltribe village who settled there 150 years ago from South of China (Yunnan). There were few Tibetians among them. They were mainly selling soveinours and planting opium in this village.

Chiang Mai is a beautiful city where you may find everything especially easy shopping city. Every night after 6 pm they open Night Market stands . In order to take place in the Night Market shopkeepers close their shops after 5 pm. There is also Sunday Maket for the hard shoppers.

There are several food streets within the Night Market. We have tried few but Ping Ping Sea Food Market Center seems to be one of the best.

Old city is also another tourist atraction. There are many cafes, clubs and as usual temples. This old part is framed by a square channel of water.

We tried foot and body massage first time in Chiang Mai. We felt light after the massage. We may try it in another part of Thailand.

We bought our train tickets to Bangkok and thereafter to Surat Thani for further destination to Koh Samui Island. We planned to spend the rest of our holiday at few islands in the South of Thailand.

We missed you all.

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Photos

Our Hotel, Chiang Mai
entrance

Our Hotel
Mandala House (850 TBaht incl. ABF) very nice guest house

Breakfast
at our GH

Dinner
at Ping Ping Sea Food Market at Food Street

Elephant Camp
elephants enjoying in the water and spraying water toward us

Elephant Camp
They are saluting us

Elephant Camp
Holding her ownner up

Elephant Camp
They are sitting and singing

Elephant Camp
Great Painter

Elephant Camp
Finished his painting

Painting ready to be sold
for 60 USD

She is holding Cengiz up
don't misunderstand...

Comments

[zeynep]

orkideler sahane:) iyice guzelles1yor gez1n1z sank1. nigar ve aynur teyzeye de gosterd1m fotolar1,zevkle tak1p ed1yoruz s1zler1.

[juvigiller]

Sevgili Zeynep imiz,
Mor orkideleri senin icin, kirmizi orkideleri de Selcenimiz icin, sari orkideleride arkadaslarimiz gonderdik. Ama yazmayi unutuk. Lutfen kabul ediniz. Sizleri sevgiyle opuyoruz

[ozden sagduyu]

Sari Orkidelere cok tesekkurler,
Sevgili Gunay 'cigim, Sari rengi cok sevdigimi bilmeden gonderdigin guzel cicege cok tesekkurler. Gezdiginiz yerler bitmek uzere ama, bizler de sizler kadar severek izledik gezinizi. Az once Ulgen 'le konustuk , onlar da 16 nisanda Ankara 'ya geleceklermis .Ayni tarihlerde ulkemize donuyor olman , beni cok sevindirdi. Selam ve Sevgilerimle..

[juvigiller]

Sevgili Ozden Hn,
Hepinizi cok ozledim. Umar1m Ulgun abla yine Izmir'e gelir de gorusuruz. Vatan hasreti cekmeye basladim. Onu simdi daha iyi anliyorum. Sevgiyle kalin.