http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , North West Thailand , Chiang Rai en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 11:52:27 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 11:52:27 +0000 HiWe are nearing the end of our time in Thailand now but have had a really great time. We thoroughly enjoyed our cooking course althought I'm not quite sure we'll get the same results when we get home we'll have a try though. We had a great time on the 2 ay tour we did of north west thailand. We were with a really nice group of people and all got on well. We spent the first day visiting a water http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-452185.html Why hi there donkeysIt is i back with the jungle blog Holy moly let me just say that i have never encountered a jungle fraught with so much peril SOOO many hairy canaries but jolly good fun I'm going to try my best to keep this brief as i am literally COOKING frying my melons off here in Chiang Rai very chilled little town up North but damn it's hot We went to this cool wat today wh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-438721.html El treking se merecera mas de un solo capitulo de todas las experiencias que pasamos pero no quiero aburriros y mas aun aburrirme a mi mismo haciendo esto mas largo de lo que ya va a ser. Quien quiera que cierre la pagina.... yo no puedoComenzamos muy pronto por la maana en una habitacin sin aire acondicionado para ir al templo blanco la verdad que era de lo mas moderno y esta diseado por http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-432623.html Nos despertamos a las 4 de la maana para coger el avin a las 6 de la maana que nos llevaba a Chang Rai al norte de Tailandia para hacer un treking de 2 dasNada mas llegar conocimos a nuestra gua para esos das que se llamaba ldquoKnowrdquo. Desde el mismo aeropuerto nos fuimos a ver una plantacin de t donde nos dio una seora que daba toda la sensacin que estaba pedo todo tipo de te. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-432617.html Hi EveryoneI am really in Luang Prabang Laos but more on that later........ First I will let you know what I've been up to since my last blog. After spending 3 days in Bangkok it still isn't my favourite city in the world however there are a few things I've noticed. The first is Bangkok's colourful taxis. They come in a range of bright colours Yellow Red Orange and Purple but the vast http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-427314.html Yesterday we left ChiangMai at 730 AM to go to ChiangRai about 180 km North East. There is beautiful scenery mostly mountains along the way. Actually there is some similarities between Thai and Vietnamese language such as Doi and DDoi meaning hill Ban and Ban meaning village. First we stopped at Hot Springs followed by white Rongkhun Temple in ChiangRai. After that we headed North to Ma http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-422158.html After our memorable hill tribe trek we went back to the Lisu village for a cold shower. Then we were tipped into the back of a pickup truck along with our Canadian friends and taken off to rejoin Ot and Thah Nom. The Canadians had intended to spend another day trekking with Asa but wisely chose life instead oOt was a little apprehensive after the disagreeable parting we had at Asa's but wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-421072.html hey beautiful peoplehere are some photos. we'll have to tag them another time.update coming in a day or two.cheersad http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-418441.html Day one in Thailand was spent wandering the streets of Chiang Rai in the rain literally has been raining buckets since our arrival for hours. We had drifted aimlessly finding we had been walking in complete circles until we resorted to cabbing home. Unfortunately this language barrier is causing major confusion. After lunch at the Hostel we took a cab out of the city to go to the Rong Khun Tem http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-418337.html Well folks after a brutal amount of time flying and eating rather disgusting plane food we have arrivedWe got tossed around by Taxi drivers until finally one knew where it was we were heading. He drove on the wrong side of thee car as well as the wrong side of the road and we arrived at about 9 o clock last night. It is VERY hot very muggy and rainy according to our Scottish roommate it was su http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-418015.html Just got home from our 3 day trek through the jungle You'll just have to see the pictures to describe the trip but it was none other than a difficult hot humid wet.... exciting fascinating gorgeous and an incredible time. It's this kind of travel.. visiting and seeing parts of the world that are nowhere near anything one would ever see near home... that are nearly unreal. Compared to s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-415325.html Well it feels like ages but we have finally found an internet cafe Woo hoo We are now currently in Bangkok again Khao San Rd...where else. We're here for just the night and then heading to Kanchanaburi Monday afternoon to check out the Death Railway Bridge.So anyway back to the week just goneChiang Rai 22062009We set of from Chiang Mai bus station to Chiang Raithrough the mount http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-413071.html Text Coming soon http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-408335.html We spent only two nights in Chiang Rai after spending so long in Chiang Mai we were keen to push on a little and we were eagar to get into Laos. But we did do the Golden Triangle which ste especially wanted to do and as timing had it on his birthday too. The golden Triangle is more an area than a place in years gone by all the opium was produced here but now there are more tourists there than http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-407978.html While in Ghana I learned that strangers can often be your most reliable allies. I am happy to say this has also been my experience in Thailand. When I was searching for a teaching job a couple of months ago I responded to an ad to teach in a hill tribe village. I was disappointed when I did not hear back from them. But a few weeks after accepting a different teaching position I got a phone call fr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-405534.html There are so many beautiful temples and nature in Chaingrai temples in north of Thailand is called Lanna style temples which is quite similar to temples in Burmar and Loas. We also went to Ouelong tea field such a refreshing tea and Bautong flower field that will bloom only once a year during Dec.Jan. It's very beautiful all you can see is yellowww and it's worth going even though the rode to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-405443.html Hey guys well were back from our 3 days trek into the hills of northern thailand alot of fun but fairly hard at times. living in lisu and akha villages for three days with no western furnishings or anything is quite challenging. also it was around 38 degrees and 80 humdity all the time which meant we were increadibly sweaty. at the mo were in chaing rai and today went to the burmese border http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-402993.html Week 4 in Ban Apa and the village feels more and more like home. Cockerels have become a familiar wakeup call cold showers are a welcome salvage from the heat and the villagers have grown accustomed to having us in their home. This week there was more pineapple picking more spring rolls more building more teaching and more storms. An onslaught of thunder and lightening had us huddled in our b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-400995.html Three weeks and our project is well underway. We've finished cementing the entire top floor of the community centre and have imparted our knowledge of heads shoulders knees and toes to many children. Pippa and I have been teaching a 'school camp' at the government this week. The children are generally better behaved here than at the local school but there's a wider age range so we've had to teac http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-399347.html Day 14 in the Apa Village house and Hollie wakes up with little bites all over her body. A couple of the other girls have the same. Janine amazing Brazilian woman who is always laughing is scratching and complaining that she has balls. I explain that this doesn't translate so well. Out comes the emergency hospital kit again and we smother ourselves in amonia. The second week has been so full o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Rai/blog-397204.html