Chang Mai Travel Blogs

I was able to share with Susan and Gerry and Esra were across the isle. Feeling pretty tired I was looking forward to getting to sleep early, but for some reason I got no sleep the whole way, so by the time I arrived the Chiang Mai I was exhausted but was not the only one as a few others also didn'…

Chang Mai has no shortage of courses or activities you can try your hand at, ranging from rock climbing to trekking, from massage to yoga and cooking. Which is what we did with our final day in Chang Mai, at Chang Mai Thai Cookery School, the first school to be set up in Chang Mai.Now, those who ha…

After a relatively quit night on the beer, today was our last day of the trek. The nights sleep before wasn't great as the dogs in the village seemed to fight well into the early hours of the morning and then about 6am the roosters started to call out like an alarm clock that didn't have a snooze b…

I woke up with a hangover, picked up my clean clothes from the laundry - CLEAN CLOTHES!!! - had a shower and ate my breakfast at Nice Kitchen: a mug of tea, fresh orange juice, croissant and a fruit salad for 75 baht, which makes it an absolute bargain.Back at the guesthouse I booked my transp…

We had a week to kill in Thailand, we had done most of the things we wanted to do, and the weather on the island were shit. So instead we decided to head back to Chang Mai ( one of our favourite places) and stay with the amazing Mrs Wan. When we got there it was early in the morning, and the Khao …

Hey HeyLets start with how i ventured from Laos back into Thailand (this time the north of Thailand). We took the slow boat on Monday 3rd March. The pick up was at 8am and with a little of the usual messing around and some engine problems we set off around 9 for a journey which wouldnt see us to th…

Symptoms of hitting the “Traveler’s Wall” might leave the lone vagabond listless.  Longing for the comforts and the familiarity of home after being on a constant move from city to city and one country to another, a sudden state of inaction sets in; you hit the wall.  It’s the disq…

February 8th - We both had  a bit of a lie in and then just ate and chilled out around the guest house until a tuk tuk took us to the airport at 1.45pm.  We arrived really early as we always seem to do, by a mistake, so we sat around until our 4.55pm flight to Bangkok.  The flig…

After spending a few days in Bangkok I took a second class sleeper from the Hualampong train station north to Chang Mai for the Loy Kraton Festival. This festival is celebrated on the first full moon of every November. It's widely believed that Loy Kraton had its origins in India, where it cen…

Day 17  well after my last post we went looking for a train ticket but found as it was a saturday then there were no sleepers left so that was the end of the train so instead we got bus tickets for a nice 12 hr bus ride.  after that walked around bangkok and caught the river ferrys along …

One thing I love about shabbos when I travel is that it forces me to slow down.No cameras, no photos, no guide books, no tours. If you want to get out your only option is to walk it and do so with out any travel aides (maps, tuk tuks etc).Thats what I did yesterday on shabbos. It was lovely.First w…

After very little sleep our train arrived late but not too badly int Chang MIa we got a minbus to the hoitle (via a quant little resttuarnat aimed at toiursits - mind it did have beutiful toilets inside). Afte duping our bags w then drove to a pale were able to get rides on elephants. Me and Do8g m…

Random photos from my travels.

It's not hard to have fun in the land of the smile. Something for everyone and all at bargain prices. The SE asian nations really are a lot of fun and although at first they may seem same same, they really are different. Thailand is a must see destinasian!

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