Blogs from Chiang Mai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 23

So, here I am sweating on my nice little balcony in Chiang Mai, Thailand, drinking tea and eating fresh bananas. After a 36 hour trip by bus and plane, I arrived here last night, with my bike. This is it, an old dream coming true. However I feel like a newbie, not really knowing yet how I am going to manage to find my way in foreign countries with foreign alphabets, on my bike, and how my old body will cope, but at least I will give it a try. Even if the trip just started, I already have a few small adventures to tell. The first one happened as I was still in Montreal... I guess I was so focussed on getting my bike on the plane and finding out how much United was going ... read more

Today, we kicked-off our ten day motorcycle tour around northern Thailand. I am part of a twelve person group that includes our Thai tour guide Noah, two couples from Australia, three individual riders from the United Kingdom, a couple from China, and an individual rider from Germany. As the day progressed and everyone got to know each other, it was interesting hearing the different stories of adventure, places everyone has traveled, and where they are going next. One of the ladies from Australia was teaching nursing in the neighboring country of Laos. After finishing her teachings, she and her husband decided to take a couple weeks and tour Thailand by motorcycle before heading back down under. One of the individuals from the U.K. is on a six week journey traveling through the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and ... read more

So we took the sleeper train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, it is advised to book this well in advance as the tickets sell out really fast (especially for the train leaving in the evening). We got the train at half two and it cost 1200 baht for the two of us for a second class ticket. Well it was an experience I can tell you! The windows are open so you get a lovely cool breeze and see some wonderful sites, including the monkey temple, mountains and sunset but you also get mosquitoes (do use deet,especially if they love you as much as they love me!) I swear I'm like a delicacy for them or something lol! The dining was an interesting experience, street vendors hop on at station stops and sell everything from full ... read more

Map of my travel routes shown in red.... read more

15-22 July Phuket On Wednesday 15th of July we were up early for a 6.30 am pick up for 9.45 am flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Don Mueang then to Phuket arriving Renaissance Phuket. We arrived at the Resort & Spa at 4pm. We had a lovely room on the 3rd floor with a large bathroom and balcony. In the evenings there was Happy hour with 2 for 1 cocktails and the option of Sushi and Sashimi. There were amazing breakfasts which were included so we made the most of it and occasionally snaffled food for rest of day! They even served ice cream! Tom went to gym several times and we chilled by the pool overlooking the sea. I had 2 Thai massages Tom had 1 Thai Massage, 1 Hot Stone massage and ... read more