Chiang Mai Travel Blogs - Page 14

Diving in Ko Tao is amazing!

27/07 - 15/09 - 2004 Bangkok, Ayuthaya, Sukkothai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Soen, The Golden Triangle, a bit of Laos, Phuket, Ko Samui, Ko Pang Han, Ko Tao, Rayong, Ko Samet, Bangkok. Me, Nida, Giamma, Dario, Nadia: and we met Stephane

I signed up for a day trip today -I was mostly interested in the elephant riding, but there was a bunch of other stuff included too.  I was the only westerner in the group of 8 which included Singaporeans, Chineses and Malaysian.  The other 7 all knew each other as they were staying in th…

After leaving Mae Sot we were quite relieved to get somewhere quite touristy and safe! Chang Mai was a really nice city with lots of things to see and do. On Monday we took part in a Thai cooking course, which involved us cooking about 6 dishes and eating them all (definately the best part of it). …

Todays activities included: - visiting the Elephant Conservation Centre to take an elephant ride, watch them bathe, see the mahouts being trained, and also visit the elephant hospital, where elephants who have been injured (often by standing on a landmine) are cared for; - visit a Karen hill trib…

We're in Chiang Mai now.  It's 36 degrees out here.  How's the cold treating you???  We took the night train from Bangkok.  Corey thinks it is like something out of a Graham Green story.  Shina found the luxurious toilet facilities which empty out onto the train tracks belo…

This blog is full of bull it stinks!!!

hi everybody! just a few lines to say that tomorrow`s the day we`ll be on the road again. this time to get to country number 4: laos. we can`t wait!!! the travelling part is supposed to be hard and wild. but hey, isn`t this trip all about wilderness? we`ve really enjoyed the last few days he…

A 12 hour bus ride north of Bangkok is the far more relaxed old and new city of Chiang Mai. The "old" city is a small square surrounded by a moat and remnant of the old brick wall that once stood as a barrier to block Burmese invaders. Within the moat, Chiang Mai is a maze of small quiet roads cont…

Well since I have last written I have floating through a floating village in Cambodia, had two plane rides, trekked for hours through a jungle, had two massages, ridden on an elephant, swam in two waterfalls rafted and went for a ride on a bamboo and so much more...Having a good time and starting t…

so we strated our three day trek on the 9th. There were ten of us on our first day and all were nice people. There was one guy who worked at Nottingham Uni and lived in Beeston! Crazy what a small world! There was also the obligatory annoying one but there is always one! Our trek was in the Doin I…