Blogs from Chiang Mai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 355

It's true. It is. It's also very big. We stayed in a very nice hotel (way beyond anything we are likely to be staying in again), with a balcony overlooking the river and a TV. Which we never watched. Our days in Bangkok were spent acclimatising and adjusting to the heat, which we all (Jake and Mia included) seemed to do pretty well. Found a fantastic Children's Museum up near Chatuchak weekend market which filled a day nicely. Also allowed us to use the skytrain. And the river boat. On arrival in Bangkok (after a stress-free flight, it has to be said, despite BA's attempts to ensure we got off to the worst start possible by not giving us any food), we discovered that Chiang Mai and areas north were suffering from the worst floods in ... read more

We pulled into Chang Mai around 8:30am and I caught a tuk tuk into the city center with the boys. We walked up a main street and turned down a street where we found a simple place called Midtown Guest House. I took my own room and then headed out to do some errands. After checking out a used bookshop and hitting an internet café to write Yannis, I sat down and ate a relaxing breakfast of Pad Thai. Then I returned to the Internet Cafe for an hour or so of sending out various emails. The friendly guy behind the desk agreed to copy my CD’s for me so I headed out for STA Travel to book my tickets to Myanmar and back to Barcelona. On the way I met a few gorgeous French girls ... read more

Hullo Again!! After heading back to Bangkok for a few days we caught a bus to Chiang Mai, which was a harrowing 12.5 hours on a bus!..Quite the experience!! Chiang Mai is very beautiful..alot smalleer than bangkok, alot more spread out but a noticeable difference in culture. Markets places everywhere, lovely little resturants with ferneries..the atmosphere completely different. The first day was a recovery day from travels but later went out for tea for some traditional pizza!!..not bad, but not as good as my favourite barbeque chicken!! The following day was spent being chauffered driven by Pi, via a tuk tuk. Not so good in peak our by one of these! We first went to visit the elephants, in time for their show. How amazing!..they played soccer with each other, painted, so many things..such friendly giants. ... read more

Well the boat trip ended up taking 3 days. For the first 2 it was 11 hrs on wooden benches on the boat and then the last was 7 hrs on a bus which killed us as we were assured it would only take 3 hrs!! We spent the first night in a tiny town called pakbeng which is on the banks of the river, loads of guesthouses but electricity goes off as its so remote. The 2nd day we didnt reach the border before it closed so we got stuck in houxaiy ( or something like that) whcih as pretty much the same. Anyway eventually we crossed the border which was just a river! And just stepping back in to thailand you can see how much more westernised it is. Quite a relief. Even the ... read more

Hello, quick update. Arrived safe and sound. Very busy little place, full of activity. Bad news, full of travelers also. No plan planning is not so great, but does make things more adventourous. The guesthouse we thought to stay at was full, but we wandered around alleys and got another that was great, one stop and all. One bed, one mattress on the floor, one bathroom with toilet and shower as one.......okay fun story oh and one spider, and worst, only one night. It was great really called Awana sleep and eat. Funny. Great people great stories. Now at the TopNorth Guest house. Stinky, hot and mildewy the guy above us has a shower and it showers in our room. I love that....not. Saw the zoo, crazy story, but save it for more time. Not to ... read more