TravBuddy.com: Farore's Beautiful Northern Thailand in 15 days travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/29226 From Bangkok to Chiang Mai and back again. Temples, River Kwai, Orchids and Elephants!! en-us Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:17:40 PST Day 12 - 15, Bangkok - Jomtien - Home http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-12-15-Bangkok-Jomtien-13 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:17:40 PST Day 12 - 15, Bangkok - Jomtien - Home Jomtien, Thailand, Apr 02, 2008

I'm not going to write a grand review because it was the least of all the hotels we stayed in, mainly because of the not so friendly personnel …

]]> Day 11, Chiang Mai - Bangkok http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-11-Chiang-Mai-Bangkok-12 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:09:59 PST Day 11, Chiang Mai - Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand, Apr 01, 2008

A whole day off!! Well until 16.30pm. After 10 days we could finally sleep until at least 8am!!That day we went shopping. There were a few shopping…

]]> Day 10, A bike ride and the goodbye dinner http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-10-bike-ride-goodbye-dinner-11 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:28:21 PST Day 10, A bike ride and the goodbye dinner Chiang Mai, Thailand, Mar 31, 2008

For today there was planned a bike ride around Chiang Mai. It started out a bit cloudy and when we started riding it even rained a tiny l…

]]> Day 9, Elephants! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-9-Elephants-10 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:28:54 PST Day 9, Elephants! Chiang Mai, Thailand, Mar 30, 2008

Today was the big day...on the elephant!!! Something i looked forward to the entire vacation. First we had another surprise-stop, this time a…

]]> Day 8, Chiang Rai - Chiang Mai http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-8-Chiang-Rai-Chiang-Mai-9 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:12:57 PST Day 8, Chiang Rai - Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand, Mar 29, 2008

This was a day we didn't see much, we left for Chiang Mai in the morning, where we would stay for 3 days. We had two coffeestops and arrived a…

]]> Day 7, Chiang Rai http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-7-Chiang-Rai-8 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:03:29 PST Day 7, Chiang Rai Chiang Rai, Thailand, Mar 28, 2008

Today we'd pay a visit to the local tribes that live in the most Northern province, close to Chiang Rai. First we had to go into little mini-vans. …

]]> Day 6, Pitsanoluke - Chiang Rai http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-6-Pitsanoluke-Chiang-Rai-7 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:43:06 PST Day 6, Pitsanoluke - Chiang Rai Chiang Rai, Thailand, Mar 27, 2008

Today was the longest bustrip of the whole vacation. Yesterday was long, but today would be even longer. We got up at 5.30 am, and left an ho…

]]> Day 5, afternoon, Ayutthaya - Pitsanuloke http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-5-afternoon-Ayutthaya-Pitsanuloke-6 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:42:30 PST Day 5, afternoon, Ayutthaya - Pitsanuloke Pitsanuloke, Thailand, Mar 26, 2008

After having lunch the bus left for Pitsanoluke, where we arrived later in the afternoon, around 5 o'clock.We had a tour by samlor (sort of riksja)…

]]> Day 5, morning, Kanchanaburi - Ayutthaya http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-5-morning-Kanchanaburi-5 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:52:21 PST Day 5, morning, Kanchanaburi - Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, Thailand, Mar 26, 2008

Next morning, almost a weekaway from home. Time flies when you're having fun.We left for the ruins of Ayutthaya. Before we got to the ruins…

]]> Day 4, Bangkok - River Kwai - Kanchanaburi http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-4-Bangkok-River-Kwai-Kanchanaburi-4 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:03:50 PST Day 4, Bangkok - River Kwai - Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Mar 25, 2008

We left Bangkok early in the morning. First we went to the famous Floating market. We were brought there with a speedboat. It was great!! I really …

]]> Day 3, Last day in Bangkok http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-3-Last-day-Bangkok-3 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:17:05 PST Day 3, Last day in Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand, Mar 24, 2008

Wake-up call at 6.30 am. After a nice breakfast we left for the Grand Royal Palace. Amazingly big. All the buildings where huge and the gardens w…

]]> Day 2, Arrival in Bangkok http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Day-2-Arrival-Bangkok-2 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:32:12 PST Day 2, Arrival in Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand, Mar 23, 2008

After the flight which 'only' took 10 hours and 20 minutes, we arrived at Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport. And it was huuuuge. But a…

]]> Ready to Fly! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29226/Ready-Fly-1 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:14:53 PST Ready to Fly! Amsterdam, Netherlands, Mar 22, 2008

Finally the day had come!! After waiting for almost 7 months we're flying to Thailand!We went to Schiphol airport in the afternoon, and got there…

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