http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , North-West Thailand , Chiang Mai en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:34:20 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:34:20 +0000 Buatong is a unique spring fed waterfall situated just about an hour drive from Chiang Mai going North. It is formed on coral rocks these rocks are abrasive and nonslippery which makes it easy to jump I saw some teenagers jumping but I won39t recommend anyone to dream of being supermanor walk up and down the falls.There is a little swimming area on the top of the fall that is just perfect http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-790443.html Throughout our travels we have had a pretty good general idea of where we would be travelling to for the next couple of months. When we lived in houses for a month or two at a time we found we needed to make future housing arrangements at least a month or more before we arrived in a new area if we wanted to insure we got the best available accommodations. Now that we find ourselves moving more ra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-790145.html I wish now that I39d stayed longer in Nepal I think it takes two weeks to really start to love a place but coming back to Thailand was like coming home. I had a big stupid grin on my face when I got back to Khoasan. I know I have some gaps to fill in but this entry is just about today.Sometimes there are days where you barely do anything and absolutely nothing happens. And sometimes thes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/San-Kamphaeng/blog-789612.html Although I had been to Thailand before and had some idea of what to expect arriving in Chiang Mai I couldn39t help but notice more of a difference than I expected in comparison to Cambodia. Everywhere was generally cleaner smarter and more developed than Phnom Penh and other places I have recently visited which obviously in the case of the latter is due to the country39s recent troubled http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-788658.html As I mentioned at the end of my last blog post I embarked on a 3day 2night trek in the jungle near Chiang Mai. It was without a doubt the most physically grueling thing I39ve ever tried to do. The trekking itself wasn39t that bad in terms of distance 1015 km each day but it was fastpaced and the heat was an absolute nightmare. Think mid 90s with high humidity often in direct su http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-788615.html When travelling I love moving from one place to another every month or every week. But now that we have two toddlers in tow everywhere we go moving slow is a must. We were drawn to Chiang Mai by its reasonable cost of living expenses International schools and less complicated visa process.We pay less than 400mo per child in a preschool in an International school . My husband and I are happy w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-788405.html We moved to Chiang Mai Thailand from India in February 2013. The flight fom Kolkata to Bangkok was less than 3 hours. Kids behaved quite well in the flight. We stayed two nights in Bangkok airport hotel before we flew to Chiang Mai. Our two days in bangkok with our 3 years old twins were uneventful. We went to paragon mall took them on the skytrain taxi rides and several escalator rides which t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-788397.html I explored Ayutthaya on foot a bit on Friday wandering around in about a milewide radius of my guesthouse to see some of the local sights. Ayutthaya is a busy little city and I got something of a feel for central Thai city life. I stopped at a pleasant woodpaneled restaurant for a breakfast of shrimp and noodles before heading to the train station for a train to Lop Buri.Lop Buri is another hi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-787776.html I39ve been to Bangkok a couple of times in my life but have never ventured far out of the city. So this trip is fantastic in that it allows me to spend a decent amount of time exploring Thailand.And so far I39m having a great timeYesterday was my first full day in Chiang Mai. I was slightly zombielike for most of the day since I didn39t get much sleep on the train from Bangkok but ma http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-787278.html For the third time in three days I39m feeling sick from eating too much food...I arrived in Bangkok on Saturday and caught a taxi to my hostel which was in a quiet more traditional street of the city. I had booked a dorm room for about 10 AUD from my research this seemed like a good deal for Bangkok and was pleasantly surprised. The place was super clean had a kitchen and also was beauti http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-786982.html Mochit bus station Bangkok. So sorry no more buses to Chaing Mai. Busy for SongKran tells the women in the 15th ticket booth I have tried. Sweat pours down from my face at this rate my family are not getting home for the 17th. Ben and Erin remind me we are already late to the airport as I joined one last queue. I get lucky and soon a taxi is speeding us across the city to see my family f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-786462.html Another early morning by my standards and more American breakfast. We decided on a tour to chiang rai the white temple and the golden triangle which is where Thailand Myanmar Burma and Laos all border the same river. Our tour guide39s name is Rhun and he kind of reminds me of a Thai Provo Apex guy. Pink polo skinny jeans aviators spiky hair... Nice guy tho. I can39t tell you how http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-785093.html I feel like this whole trip I have either been starving or stuffed. Two extremes. We go longer in between meals and don39t really snack then we get huge yummy authentic Thai meals and gorge ourselves till we want to puke I am actually on the starving side as I write this but I can39t exactly run out and grab some Del Taco. I brought some BBQ Pop Chips with me in my bag but at some point http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-784857.html So the Great Siam Adventure began bright and early on Saturday on very little sleep. I39ll sleep when I39m dead right My nervous mother dropped me off at the SLC airport and I met my friend Stacy to check in. My same trusty yellow packpack felt familiarly heavy and I again cursed myself for overpacking. Someday I will learn. Long story short we travelled for like 30hrs straight and slep http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-784580.html Hello againHere are some pictures from our time in Bangkok as well as our time in Chang Mai as well as a brief list of all the fun things we have been up to.For the last 5 days we have been in Chang Mai celebrating Songkron. This is the fesitival that celebrates the Thai New Year. We have just passed into the year 2556 according to the Thai Lunar Caldender In this festival everybody celebrates http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-781694.html The skies are a scorching bright blue and the hair dryer effect hot hair is all engulfing from 8am til sun down. The water of the moat is running low and all along the waters edge the blackened branches of the blossom trees droop with firebursts of bright orange flowers as if the very tips of the twigs have burst into flames. The pavements are cracked and the grasses dry. We are now ente http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-781555.html I feel a little low suddenly. My time in Thailand has flown by and now my year of travelling is almost up. What to do Aside from the fact that I have no return ticket to the UK I refuse to go back and just get a job with another company. I intend to work for myself and Asia is nice and cheap while I work out how to do that... But suddenly the reality of being far from home and in a new ci http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-781542.html This is probably the most fun I have ever had. It definitely beats any New Year I have had in the UK getting all dressed up paying a ridiculous amount of money on taxis and club entry that any other night would be free and for it generally to be overated. This New Year however lasts for 5 days and you are constantly wet My first experience of this was on Khao San road in Bangkok with my frien http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-781346.html Apres le Myanmar je suis retournee en Thailande mais dans le nord a Chang Mai. J39avais reserve une chambre dans une auberge de jeunesse mais je n39etais pas en dortoir. Ouf ca m39a donne un coup de vieux la moyenne d39age devait etre de 2022 ans. Disons que c39est un autre beat des fois le matin je me levais et les kids etaient encore debout de leur soiree...J39ai visite la http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/Doi-Suthep/blog-780386.html We have been on the road for longer than 6 month. I enjoy our journey making progress in writing my blog been making lots of nice kind and generous friends. I thought our around the world trip is perfect until my husband checked our accounts online 52000 GONE GONE GONE.Anyone can get hacked but if your bank takes serious interest in protecting your money you are less likely to get robbed.O http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-779577.html