Blogs from Chiang Mai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 338

This morning we are woken by lots of noise, it's a brass band playing 'The Final Countdown'. Thanks to one too many mohito's last night it's not the kind of thing you want to wake up to. Today is the annual Flower Festival parade. Schools, local communities and just about everyone in Chiang Mai is involved in some way or the other. Beautifully decorated floats glide around the moat and up and down the main streets of Chiang Mai. There are also marching bands, unidentified groups of people (if only I could read Thai), lots of school children and an elephant. We spend the morning taking photos and video and trying to avoid being mown down by stray tourists. Chiang Mai is packed to the rafters today and the usual Sunday market has been going strong ... read more

Saa er mutti hjemme i Chiang Mai. What a fantastic experience. Vi var en gruppe paa 9: Beth, Ben fra UK, Ethan og Rachel fra UK/USA (de bor og arbejder paa en baad ved middelhavet), Joselin fra Holland, Wee fra Thailand, Lee fra USA og Helmuth fra Tyskland. Vi faldt rigtig godt i hak, og snakken gik fra vi moedte hinanden i 4W bilen til up north. Vores 1. stop var ca. efter 1 times koersel ved en pragtfuldt, smukt vandfald. Var ogsaa inde i en grotte. Dernaest dog vi videre og startede vores vandretur med baggage og en redningsvest haengende derpaa. Passerede nogle Hot Springs, smed sandalerne og noed det 50 grader varme vand for en stund. 2 rigtig cute thai-maend var vores guider. Een af dem var saa venlig at foraere os en oliven, ... read more

Greetings from Chiang Mai (CM). This is one of the many cultural 'highlights' prevalent in Thailand. This was one part of the holiday that Linda was especially looking forward to, whilst Ken was a bit on the reticent side imagining an olde worlde temple strewn place with not a lot to do. It must be said that Ken has been more than pleasantly surprised - but more of that later. Our last few days in Ko Samui were just as good as the previous few weeks. Our trip to Chaweng turned out to be the lowlight of our Thai experience. We had only been in the place ten minutes and we wanted to return to Bann Rak. Tacky is not the word. A rain shower meant us having to seek shelter; luckily there was a pub ... read more

OK - 1. dag her up North, hvor jeg ikke har haft program fra morgenstunden. Saaledes valgte jeg at tilbringe et par timer v. poolen efter morgenmaden. Dejligt - er slet ikke blevet forbraendt, men har blot faaet en kuloer, som nok ligner noget i retningen af 5 dage x 4 timer i solen i DK. Jeg er netop i gang med en bog, som hedder ''Mit liv som Geisha'', og sjovt nok har jeg lige set i en lokal Chiang Mai avis, at filmen af samme navn faar premiere herude snart. Mon ikke ogsaa den er i de danske biografer inden laenge. Bogen er i alt fald god og kan varmt anbefales. I gaar kom jeg til at koebe 2 par sko - pris i alt: 297 danske bobs.... Jeg har en dejlig sommerkjole fra ... read more

Hey all, hope u like all of the pics which ive added, got lots more but it takes so long to upload them (excuses, excuses!). Ok, so since my last update, i have (by some miracle) managed to do a 3 day 2 night trek in Pai. I have never been so knackered in all of my life, i knew it would be trying, but seriously, it was exhausting. The walk was the hardest part, several hrs a day of just going up and down extremely steep hills....ok i'll admit it i'm just so unfit! It was hilarious, there were about 12 in our trekking group and me, nikki and danielle were always at the back...even 2 smokers (they were german too!!) were in front of us. Anyway, with the exception of the walking, it was ... read more