Blogs from North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 500

I am having a nice time traveling and I have met many interesting people. I shared a room on the train with a nice guy that lives in Hiroshima, Japan. We ended getting a guesthouse together and rented motor bikes taking them all Northern Thailand. I made a nice Thai friend by the name of So. We did some sight seeing and went to an amusement park. I just returned from trekking in the mountains for 3 days and it was fantastic! We stayed in hill tribe village huts, ate wild fruits, went swimming under waterfalls. Bamboo rafting, and elephant riding. The friends that I made on the Trek were from Australia, New Zealand, England, Sweden, and one from America. Last night to celebrate Christmas we went to the Art Café an Italian and Mexican restaurant ... read more

Oui bon okay. Je suis la depuis pas mal longtemps. J'ai un appartement a Chiang Mai,je m'habitue a la vie locale, apprend a ne pas me faire totalement fourrer (juste un petit peu) et je me promene ici et la. J'ai appris a conduire ici, d'abord un scooter, puis une moto, et finalement un pick up manuel (ca c'est pas mal) - imaginez conduire du cote gauche, assis a droite, avec le stick a gauche .. et je conduis meme pas manuel! haehaehae. tk c'etait bien. brennen a eu peur. Donc donc donc .. je vous laisse ici encore quelques photos des deux dernieres semaines. Nous quittons ce soir (lundi le 13) pour le sud, alors les prochaines photos seront des palmiers, du sable, et mes grosses cuisses blanches et poilues. Yay! Il faut vraiment que ... read more

so we just finished up loy krathong festival last weekend and there were many a time i felt my life could have been in potential danger and that was only on thrusday. it got really crazy on saturday but i decided to stay in for that. on thrusday alone in the area where we were there probably about a firework going off every second; some right at your feet, some beside you, some in the air. it was pretty crazy and i just kept saying how crazy it was. i eventually got to light off some fireworks of my own though and after a little to drink i accidently lit on off on my hand. it only hurt for a second and then i forgot about it. on saturday from my placem i could hear about ... read more

Ok so here are some random pictures from along the way. hope you enjoy!! ashlee... read more

Morning all, Yesterday was the day of the big Trek here in Chang Mai. Turned out it was just myself and Ruth going from our place, so the mini van picked us up first. Then it was off to pick up the other trekkers. 2 Indian ladies staying at the Imperial Hotel, a Canadian couple staying at the Plaza Hotel, a Japanese couple & American couple staying at the Sheraton Hotel. They had an average age of 50, and their hotels made our humble guest house look like a shanty town.......we were defo the poor relations on the trip! Underterred we pressed on, and an hour later we reached our first stop which was going to be the elephant trek. We got a young elephant who I have to give full credit to for managing to ... read more