Blogs from North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 467

okej, saa var det dags for at baerumsjentene skulle legge ut paa sin 2days1night jungletrekking tur. vi ante ikke hva vi gikk til, men at det var vel noen elefanter og bambusrafter inni bildet. vi satte oss inn i en chiang mai variant av tuktuken- samme tuktuktralle, bare med bil istedet for moped som motor. de andre backpackerne rundt oss bestod av briter, italienere, en japaner, en inder og verdens mest hoeylytte og skrytete canadiske jente.. geez.. bare saa man skjoenner bildet da- 'no, i totally dont watch tv dude, im way to busy writing my own songs, dancing, performing, learning about different cultures, languages and totally expanding my mind.. its fucking awsome....' oh laard.. vi har hun paa film folkens, dykk skal faa sjaa. etter en og en halv times kjoering var vi endelig fremme ... read more

Rebecca has had 2 motorcycle lessons so far; a pretty panicky rider but with no plans to take to the road, if ever, only just parking lot circles. Parents, do not fear. Weather is 90 degrees, our romantic Valentine's dinner was a $300.00 value in terms of ambience, setting, food and candlelight/croony guitar vibe. All for under $20 american. What more could a bargain-minded girl want? Speaking of bargains, we're getting comprehensive teeth cleanings here for $17 american...every couple of weeks, why not? We have been going to the "700 year sports complex", 2 km away, each day to use their excellent gym, Olympic-size pool with diving platforms and bake ourselves brown in the sun. We're getting really bronze and fit! Hot oil massages at 200 baht per hour ($5.00) really help the aching muscles...We also ... read more

Hello Everyone, We arrived from Bangkok straight from Sri Lanka and immediately emabrked on another tour! We did a whistle stop tour of Bankgkok and its Grand Palace and more temples and were then whisked off on small boats to explore Bangkoks canals and waterways. In the company of an extremely camp Thai guide, we saw the cananls north of the city where people actually live on the river in houses on stilts and get around just by boats. It was the part of the river where the boat chase was filmed in the James Bond film ' The Man with the Golden Gun', and the boat drivers insisted on reinacting the movie with us in the boats, speeding round tiny bends and other boats, frightenening the hell out of all the tourists! Twas all good ... read more

We'll we've managed to get out of our guesthouse today for a small walk down the Soi. We went for our Thai cooking classes yesterday on a farm outside of Chiang Mai, which was amazing. We then went back home to book our treking tour for the next day .... Well at around 11:00 pm Carolyn started feeling ill and so did I around 4am... so as it was sleepless night, we had to cancel our trek. Oh well we'll try and go tomorrow or Friday before leaving, but I think we've decided to cut it down to one day trek, we have no strength as it is.. LOL Oh well they'll be good stories to tell down the road. Alright well we're off to try and find something that we can actually eat in this ... read more

Stephanie and I are in chiang mai right now (Northern Thailand). We took a cooking course yesterday on an organic farm. It was so nice to get out of the City. ete some. Yesterday we went to a farm to learn how to cook thai food. It was amazing, unfortunately, I got a severe bout of food poisoning. I was up all night. It was NASTY! We have been trying to recover but it is very difficult. We were supposed to go on a two day trek today into the hill tribes, no way we were going to be up for that. We will try for a one day trek tomorow instead! Friday or Saturday we will bus to Chiang Rai and head back for a night in Bangkok. Then we will take the overnight train ... read more