Blogs from Chiang Dao, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Youpi me voilà de nouveau sur le vélo, sa fait du bien petite route jusqu'à Mae Suai de la premier vraie buy-buy des campagnes et passage au marcher pour les provision du soir. De retour sur la route après quelques peu de monter de nouveau ce bon vieux porte bagage qui lâche mais changement de vises et c'est repartie, me voilà dans les hauteur et sa sent la pluie il faut vite trouver un abri pour passer la nuit chose dit chose faite ! Une jolie cabane dans un petite bananerai me tend les bras installation de mon premier camping sauvage en solo petite recherche de bois et préparation aux poils ! Une nuit de totale pluie ... Nouveau départ pour une longue et belle route jusqu'à Chiang Dao une petite ville entouré de beaux paysages ... read more

I had planned to stay longer in Chiang Mai, but I found it a bit disappointing: the city itself is not that interesting, but is more of a centre for outdoor sports - mountain biking, zip lining, white water rafting, elephant rides - none of which I was very interested in. So I decided to go on to Chiang Dao, halfway between Chiang Mai and my next planned destination, Chiang Rai. Chiang Dao is a small town known as a place for relaxation and spas, so I couldn't stay in my usual hostel-style accommodation: the choice is limited to bungalows in resort complexes, albeit very cheap ones. This is off-season, but nevertheless I was surprised to find I was the only guest in my resort - with the grounds, a restaurant, spa, swimming pool, library and ... read more

our third day of the multi-sport was all biking. we left around 9 for a 30 minute drive to Chiang Dou. Once in Chiang Dou we jumped on our bikes - oh sore butt still and started off. Again beautiful scenery. We biked to a hot spring, a small village where Shelly was caught with a banana cigar and then to the Chiang Dou caves. Chiang Dou mountain is the 3rd tallest mountain in Thialand. we toured the cave and had 3 really tight areas to go thru and had to be lead thru part of it with a local guide and an lantern. After the cave we ate another local lunch and then biked more to our rustic lodge. We did stop for some fried bananas - Shelly and I have to figure out how ... read more

Szuper jo kis kirandulast toltottunk Chiang Dao-ban, Zozoval es Katievel mentem, helyi jarattal masfel orara CM-tol, kis porfeszek az ut menten amikor megerkezik az ember, aztan meglatja a Doi Luang Chian Dao nemes hegylancait a varostol nyugatra, es eltorpul a latogato egoja... elso nap Zsoltekkal taliztunk, es bekoltoztunk a mellettuk levo kis bungalowba, egy Natures Home nevu aranyos kis kertes, viragos, madarcsicsergos, foldutas, csondes, baratsagos kutyas,semmilyen nyelven nem beszelos, mosolygos thai videki resortba. Az elso delutan motorral ementunk Luang Poo szerzetes, a hires dhamma tanito es erdoben meditalo foldi prait orzo, es igen aktiv szerzetesekkel teli kolostorba a dzsungel kzepen, hiheteten kilatassal a hegyre, olyan gyonyoru kertben, hogy az feledtette, hogy tobb mint 600 lepcsofokon kellett bemenni a szentelybe, minden szazadiknal osztnzo tanitasokkal a fakon logo ta... read more

After saying goodbye to our new friend Malee it was time for our journey back to Chiang Mai. We had to deflect a mammoth effort from our songthaew driver, Ton, trying to convince us to let him take us all the way there so that he could show us the Orchid Farm, the Monkey School, the Tiger Kingdom and the Elephant Dung Paper Factory on the way! We decided to take the local bus instead for about 1/20th of the price....so sadly we have nothing to report on these undoubtedly amazing attractions! The bus journey took 1 1/2 hours and it was nice just to gaze at the countryside and observe rural life as we headed back to the city. Once at the bus station we all piled into one Tuk Tuk with our bags stacked ... read more