Chiang Mai Travel Blogs

Day 6 : sunnyIt's my last day in Chiang Mai. I love it here so much that I didn't want to leave. Seriously!!We didn't wake up til around noon. So lazy that morning. Had brunch and went to a lake. It's about 20 minutes away from tuk tuk. We asked him to take us there and wait us for a few hours. It'…

'You expose the film in me, we're drawing : Rings around the World. Sooner or later we will melt together and draw : Rings around the World.'   -  'Rings Around the World', The Super Furry Animals And so it is, in the comforting embrace of SpicyThai Backpackers Hostel and the s…

Doi Inthanon National Park, 90 km southwest of Chiang Mai, is home to numerous waterfalls, hiking trails, and the highest point in Thailand. Our plan for the day was to see the highlights and do some hiking. Our driver, Deer (same guy as two days ago), came for us at 10am. But Steve had a surprise …

I had breakfast again at the Juicy4U place. Then I returned the mountainbike and rented a citybike instead (which is cheaper and has a more comfortable seat). I said goodbye to the Dutch girls that I met yesterday (they were going to Pai today) and went to buy new swimshorts at the Central Airport …

It's nice to be back in Chiang Mai. Although it's raining quit hard now. We book a hotel for a change, because my husband still has some trouble sleeping of the sunburn we caught in Soppong. He has blisters on his shoulders and the cold compresses don't seem to work. So, we need a sleeping pla…

On the way to the airport, an Aioh's boss, called her: Boss: "Where are you now?!?!" Aioh: "Chiang Mai, turning back to Bangkok" B: "What? You don't know what happened here? We are on emergency state, you didn't know it?" A: "Yeah I know, but our flight is this morning..." B: "What? Don't come…

So, where did we leave off? Oh, yeah - I was contemplating going out for a drink or two.  I got back to my guest house at 7am.  I've had one hours sleep, because I had to take the damned motorbike back to the rental place.  When I got back, all my stuff was strewn around the room - i…

5.30 A.M.  the light is turn on..hurrr..Lamphun!! I see the plant outside. Then the bus hostress start to surve us a millk,snack and cold towel.  Then i start to wake my eye 100%...and not so far...we arrive Chiang Mai!!  Hello Chiang Mai !!! The schedule:&n…

It was time to check out and as the overnight bus wasn’t due in until the night (obviously), between us we rented out a room for the day at the hotel where the bulk of the group were staying.  To pass the time, most of us splashed around in the pool and attempting to give Jay some swimmi…

After getting ready, I decided to walk around and find breakfast rather than settling on the guest house's overpriced mediocre selection. I couldn't find anything open other than Mc Donalds or US style coffee shops and I wasn't in the mood for that. I turned on the side street and ended up in a Mus…

Today being Sunday we thought we would take it easy!  After breakfast and a read of the Bangkok Post we got in a tuk tuk to the bus station to purchase our ticket for tomorrow to the Laos border.  Our friendly tuk tuk driver then dropped us back off where we wanted to be - no weird divers…

Chiang Mai tiene mas de 350 templos. Visita a una aldea en la montaña y subida al Wat Doi Suthep. Desde este templo se tiene muy buenas vistas de la ciudad y sus alrededores.

As we rolled into town in the early evening on our tuk-tuk it my first impression of Chiang Mai was that it was much cleaner and a little quieter than Bangkok.  It was a bit difficult to find a room which seems to be a common theme during the high season.  Locals tell me that it is no…

Thailand still has large ethnic hill-tribe communities thriving in their villages throughout the north.  They live off the land and their bizarre religion (mixing Buddhism and Animism) is largely based on the seasons and the elements that our world provides.  They openly believe in s…

... you've visited Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep. Or so the saying goes. Well it only took me about 2 years and 4 months to get there, but I finally made it. At least I can say that I've been to Chiang Mai before I leave. Wat Phrathat sits on Doi Suthep (doi means mountain in Thai), overlooking the city.…