Chiang Mai Travel Blogs - Page 8

What a lovely country. I went with a group of people I have never met before! Most of them were couples in their mid 40th - 50th .... very interesting! OKAY got the pictures - text will follow.....

Amazing Thailand

Arrived Chiang Mai, found a nice hotel with hardwood floor a/c and satelite tv for 16 bucks a night.  Chaing Mai is a great town with lots going on.  We spent a couple of days looking around and eating and then decided to take a cooking course.  The course was put on by a couple…

Thailand is a place whereby I will go annually for pilgrimage purposes and to inspect those lovely things found in Chatuchak Market. There is always something for someone in Thailand

I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a month and a half in Thailand for serice work and cultural education. Four other students and I divided our time between learning about NGO work, volunteering at the McKean Leprosy Center sponsored by the Thai-German Leprosy Foundation in Chiang Mai, and exploring the wonderful sites, temples and markets of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Surat Thani, and Krabi, as well as numerous remote villages on the northern Thai border during our humanitarian trips.

This was one of my favorite places. I'm not a religious person, but the peacefulness I felt when we were in the temple in Chiang Mai was indescribable. A wonderful trip!

  In the morning, we enjoyed a breakfast of coffee, toast, and a hard-boiled egg. At one of the bamboo huts, Akha women bartered some of their unique handicrafts. I bought one of the wide leather belts which included the two sashes for twenty Baht (80 cents U.S.) The colorful sashes were dec…

We travelt through Thailand by bus, auto, plane and trian. We have planed everyting on our way. We travelt from the middel up to the north and back to the south. We have visit, Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Ayuthaya, Chiangmai, Lampang, back to Bangkok, Krabi, Surathani, Koh Samui, Koh Phanang. We have lost our hart in Thailand all the kind people ther live. It was superb. I'ts hospitality is beyond borders. http://anjawilliam2.web-log.nl

I have a blog of my trip on Travelpod but I wanted to add pictures here so this is a shortened version of the blog but with more pictures.

I am currently in Chiang Mai, the Northern part of Thailand.. I just got back from a 2 day 1 night trek in the hills-- which could pass as mountains. It was about seven hours of walking, which I never thought I could ever do (Also, they didn't tell us we'd be walking so much!!) we rode elephant…

A summary of all my trips so far...from Europe to South America and then Asia...and Asia...and Asia... Yes I love Asia and I have the feeling I'll keep going back!

Instead of doing a two or three day trek, which seems very popular around here, I decided for a one day trek where we'd do some hiking to a waterfall for swimming, elephant riding, white water rafting, bamboo rafting and a visit to a couple villages. For 1,000 baht, I wasn't sure what to expect and…

We didn't intend to visit Vientiane, but we are glad we did. Apart frombeing a good base to dissipate the jet-lag, it was also a gentle introduction to Lao. Before adopting the "PDR" monika, and before the USbombed the place to shreds (although that's another story), Laos was aFrench colony. It has…

  Chaing Mai has been described as a national treasure to the Thai people, a visit here and you can see why. Instead of shopping centres there are book stores and of course the excellent night markets. The night markets are a must as you will here the often repeated phrases "same same but…

Rachel and I traveled to Thailand in Fall 2003. The following blog is composed of our original travel emails.