Blogs from Chiang Mai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 361

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping...in Chiang Mai. We have been in this quaint town of northern thailand for a few days and are loving it. We've met a plethora of fellow travellers along with friendly locals. It's a friendly little place where you can walk to wherever you need to go...and everything is dirt cheap! Our guesthouse is less than US$2 per night...a great meal is rarely more than $1. Graham and I have taken a Thai cooking course, where we prepared and packed away 5 full meals in 5 hours; needless to say, it was a satisfying course. We also plan on mountain biking and trekking in the area: including elephant riding, bamboo rafting, rock climbing, and staying with the local villagers. We'll be calling this city home for an undecided amount of time...then ... read more

Arrival: Chiang Mai Doi Suthep. Three hundred steps. Uphill trek worth it. Once again another short entry that I will no doubt fill in the details once I get to Bangkok. This morning was spent biking around the villages and farms. We saw a lot of different crops like baby corn, tobacco, various fruits and mushrooms. Then it was back to the Village Guesthouse for a scrumptious lunch and a blessing from a Buddhist guy before we headed off for Chiang Mai where I'll be today and tomorrow. This evenings plan will be to check out the Doi Suthep Temple around sunset and then the infamous Chiang Mai Night Market. I foresee myself sending off another package or two home! lol More in a few days. Love and stuff, Bonz Well, we made it to Doi ... read more

Hi again! Today I am in Chiang- Mai in northern Thailand. I arrived yesterday morning, early, after an excrutiatingly long 13hrs on the train from Lopburi (correct spelling, and not Lumpuri as I wrote before, haha!). I left Auytthaya on Tuesday evening, and got on what can only be described as a somewhat chaotic bus! I think it might have been a school bus, because it went to far off villages and dropped off young kids in school uniforms. It was quite an experience sitting on the bus for 2.5hrs (normally only one hour, but as I said, I think it took a couple of detours!), no aircon, torn up seats and the door on the side of the bus wide open. I used to think London buses were dangerous, but compared to local buses in ... read more

Hi Guys, Yesterday was an important day for me - the day I fell in love with Thailand. Up until yesterday i was somewhat missing Vietnam. Then I went on a mammoth day of sightseeing which took me to the golden triangle, a brief boat ride over to Laos, and up to see the long neck and MaeSai tribes. After some initial well founded skepticism (my bus was late (even by Thai time) and a seriously overweight / smelly French man with his pro was squeezed into the packed mini-van).... the day surprised me. First we visited what is allegedly the most significant temple in Thailand - here I must mention that you get over temples quickly.... there is one on practically every corner. What keeps them interesting is trying to get a good photo of ... read more

I recently got back from a trek into the hills surrounding Chaing Mai. It was a 3-day, 2 night adventure. It was a lot of fun! The whole group really bonded together, and we had a great time! It was a bit wierd in that I was the oldest person on the tour. I suppose as I get on in years, that experience will happen more and more. In any case, I'll get a full description of the events soon. For now, I'll just upload some photos. ... read more