 | Never Too Far Away
2008-06-12, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Damo | | Having unexpectedly spent over a week in Mae Hong Son, I was forced to rush through the areas further north, where I would definitely like to spend more time some day. Due to it being part of a conse... |
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 | Elephant Nature Park
2008-04-27, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: jltaylor | | I cannot begin to explain how brilliant my last week has been. The elephant park was actually really hard work, but so rewarding and i'm already planning my nest trip back.
The daily routine consi... |
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 | More from Thailand
2008-02-21, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: GBrownlie | | So we left Bangkok on 23 Feb and got the overnight "VIP" bus to Chiang Mai. It took 10 hours and we were kept awake all night by a big snoring dude in front of us! Arrived in Chiang Mai at 8am and hea... |
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 | 12: Chang Mai
2008-01-13, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Geerty14 | | Hey All!
Well we have officially left the Ahka training center and have turned our energies to our main focus--the backpacker...they live in the margins, they are always moving, they are searchi... |
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 | 11.5 The Ahka Training Center Cont
2008-01-11, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Geerty14 | | GREETING TO ALL OF YOU FROM ALL OF ME!
Life here at the Ahka Training Center is very good, the mornings (5:45A) are pretty early and very cold with fog, but i don't mind because that just means th... |
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 | 11: The Ahka Training Center
2008-01-04, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Geerty14 | | Hey everyone!
Currently I am staying at the Ahka Training Center, it is a school for the children who live in the hills of northern Thailand. I love it here. There are currently 432 children who... |
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 | Piccies!!
2008-02-27, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | I just heard you have had an earthquake?! exciting... i guess it wasn't a bad one, did you all sleep through it?!
Unfortunately i can't put photos off my camera onto the computer so i will have to ... |
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 | Our last day in Chiang Mai
2008-02-26, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: eme86 | | Today we are gettig another sleeper train down to Bangkok before heading on to the islands. I am now on the Beechams Flu and Cold medicine though as i'm not feeling very well, i'm guessing it's the he... |
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 | Chiang Mai, Trek, Elephants, Rafting and more...!
2008-02-26, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | We have had a pretty hectic last few days so will have to give you an update of a few days all at once, we do not have the internet in the guest house where we are staying and its a good 45 minutes wa... |
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| Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
2008-02-26, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: eme86 | | Today we went to visit Doi Suthep, one of the most important wats in the area. It's high up on a mountain, the story goes that Thai people back in the day put a religious artifact on the back of an el... |
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| Our thai Trek
2008-02-25, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: eme86 | | Today it was an early start as we were going on a day trek to visit some hill tribes. The first was about a 40 minute walk up and down BIG hill sides in the hot sun, but it was nice when we were up th... |
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| Sunday in Chiang Mai
2008-02-24, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: eme86 | | This morning we went on a river cruise down the Mae Ping river, was very peaceful (apart from the noisy engine!) and we ended up going to a herb garden and were given fresh fruit to eat, the pineapple... |
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| Arrived in Chiang Mai!
2008-02-23, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: eme86 | | ...until 10.30am, we have arrived and are staying at a guesthouse just outside the city centre, a short tuk-tuk ride or red-car journey in. The room we are staying in is a bi nicer than before, and it... |
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| Chiang mai
2008-02-23, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | We have managed to reach our second destination safe and sound, although we did have a little issue with the buses in Bangkok on route to the station as we got on the wrong one first, then managed to ... |
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 | King for a weekend
2005-08-19, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: travelalex | | While life in Thailand is a huge contrast to life in Japan, the strongest memory we have of Thailand is how friendly the people are. Everybody just seamed to have a care-free lust for life.
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 | The Peaceful Side of Chiang Mai
2008-02-02, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: mala | | Chiang Mai last saw our hero covered in typhoid-ridden moat water, clutching a Supersoaker and falling in love with the toilet. Those were not pleasant times. And like Bangkok, Chiang Mai was negative... |
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 | Radio Superstar!
2007-11-29, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: dilleybug | | i love my life! So last night i went to monk chat which was the most comprehensive lesson on buddhism i have ever experienced and then, guess what? They were starting a new monk chat radio show and gu... |
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 | I can't think of a subject line...
2007-11-28, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: dilleybug | | Yesterday was just a Brilliant Day! absolutely Brilliant! I went on the ADHD tour where every 30-60 minutes you are doing something different. We went to a waterfall and then white water rafting. i wa... |
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 | The Party Continues...
2007-11-26, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: dilleybug | | Chiang Mai is continuing its Loi Katrung festival for one more day. There was another parade last night but what was really fantastic were these hot air balloon type things that the people release to ... |
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 | Jungle Trek!
2007-11-08, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: sb2315 | | Hello all! We just got back from the a three day Jungle Trek last night and we were exausted! The experience was well worth it though. The first day we went on a bamboo raft that was about 3 feet wide... |
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| Were Here!
2007-11-08, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: sb2315 | | Hello everyone! After four solid days of traveling Im finaly in Chang Mai! We have literally been in Transit since Monday. Josh and I arrived in Bangkok yesterday and then went straight to the train s... |
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 | Amazing Trek!!!
2007-10-04, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: regnmanda | | Hey all, well its been a bit since we have updated so we wil;l fill ya in. We are in Chiang Mai now after a 9hr bus ride from Bangkok. It is the 2nd biggest city in Thailand, but it surely isnt that... |
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 | sawasdee ka
2007-07-13, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: summadaze | | hello from Chiang Mai AGAIN.
Well since I last wrote I have officially spent a night in the most rural jungle village you could think of!!! I seriously felt like I was in the show Lost Tribes! But ... |
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| cough cough
2007-07-07, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: summadaze | | welllllllllllllllllllllllll
From last time I wrote there has been plenty going on... We have been to Kanchanaburi to see the bridge on the river kwai and and Jeath Museam which was just incredible.. ... |
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 | Notes from Chaing mai
2007-06-29, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: jem | | Hello there! U proud of me writin so soon? Well we hav all day till our bus comes 2 take us 2 bankok 2 get the plane so thought i'd beta updtae u all while it's 15 bart an hour as it will prob b well... |
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| More from thailand!!!Miss u all!!
2007-06-24, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: jem | | Howdi folkes, heres the latest from thailand! think i4Got 2 say that wen we were at the full moon party we did the limbo under a firy pole! Wooh! Riskin life an limb as usual. Hope ur all well an mis... |
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| I held a Tiger Cub. I'm so HAPPY!!!!
2007-06-23, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: pintooo | | Hey there,
I've had the best day of the trip the moment I got to hold a tiger cub. It was like a dream come true!
One for the girls... a must read... Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes. about a New ... |
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 | Drug Pedalling and Elephun
2007-06-06, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: mashman | | Although not the most comfortable of rides, my easy overnight air-con bus on a nice road to Chiang Mai won't last long in the memory, and after the chaos and confusion of overcrowded Indian and Nepali... |
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 | Back to Civilisation
2007-04-19, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: sjwacnc | | We had another epic journey from Luang Prabang to Chiang Mai. It took three days of traveling; two days on a slow boat up the Mekong River and a day on a bus from the Laos – Thailand border to Chiang ... |
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 | Chiang Mai and the moutains
1999-02-15, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Orion777 | | I need to put some pictures in here. But I need to scan them first, as this trip was only recorded on regular film and camcorder.
Chiang Mai was a wonderful experience, though. Far from any sea, cl... |
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 | Sawadee from Chiang Mai
2007-02-09, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: cmciver | | After leaving you all in Singapore airport we flew to Bangkok and then on to the Northern Thai Capital of Chiang Mai. We have been here now for roughly a week and had a lot of fun and packed a lot int... |
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 | Trekking and Chiang Mai
2007-01-19, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: janekir | | Our boat trip in Krabi is now only a close second to the adventure we had trekking in the jungle! We spent two days and one night with 9 other people, 2 guides and lots of traditional Thai villagers.... |
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 | Great Start
2007-01-12, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: tannerscot | | Hey folks, the air travel was a bit taxing (though much better than Portland to Kathmandu), but everything went well and no luggage was lost. We got in last night and I was really expecting things to ... |
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 | Thai cooking lessons
2007-01-04, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: hamsouth | | Me and Jan decided that if we were going to be in SouthEast Asia for 2 months and that it would be a good experience to learn how to cook some of the local food.Jan bless is not a lover of spicy food ... |
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 | Trekking in Chiang Mai
2006-11-01, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: wilsol01 | | Arrived in Chiang Mai (north Thailand) after a 12 hour coach journey on a questionably named VIP bus! Recommend not sitting at the front if you ever go on one of these as you really don't want to be a... |
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