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Published: August 27th 2005
The hills
View from Chiang Dao Nest 2We left Chiang Mai for a day and a night, but the lure of the Night Bazaar brought us back for one last visit. One new set of t-shirts and trousers later (for Claire and I- we are trying to instil in the children the meaning of austerity and so they are wearing rags and eating from dustbins) and we have booked ourselves on the night train to Bangkok. First class, too, as it was all they had left, and believe it or not, time is running out for us in the Land of Smiles.
(I must add a note here- Claire and I are travelling first class, as Mia and Jake have yet to contribute financially in any way, we have reserved them a crate on the roof).
We ventured further north for a night to a place called Chiang Dao. It's a beautiful spot, in the jungle, and we stayed at a pleasant place called Chiang Dao Nest 2 which only had us and an Australian couple there. Despite the beautiful surroundings and good food, the accomodation was very hot (no air-con) and there were so many bugs of one kind and another, I was unable to
An elephant
The elephant Mia and I rode. make a note of all of them in my little bug book.
It has made us realise (or rather, emphasised what we already knew) that with the kids, we can't really go too off the beaten track- so for all my romantic visions of us trekking through the forests to Angkor Wat, or taking a slow boat down the Mekong in Laos, Jake, certainly, would not be happy, and we need a certain degree of comfort. So we are heading down to Koh Samui, to find a nice, quiet, family-friendly beach, where we can chill out for a week or two and have an air-conditioned room and not worry about stuff. After all, isn't travelling with two youngsters enough of an adventure?
One thing we did manage to do in Chiang Dao was visit the cave for which it is famous. It was quite an adventure, being taken by a guide through the tunnels, complete with jumping spiders cockroaches the size of rats (possibly), bats and the legend of a hermit who spent 1000 years meditating there. The kids loved it but we felt it would be wrong of us to leave them there, despite their pleas. We
Entrance to Chiang Dao cave
Claire, Mia and Jake at the entrance to the cave have to be cruel sometimes.
Anyway, I have managed to get some pictures downloaded from the camera. Here is the elephant we rode on when we went elephant trekking.
Until the next time...
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You deserve more response, so here's a comment: I hope by now you have found beach nirvana in southern Thailand and are enjoying a nice sunny holiday. Wish I was there (or at least up the coast)