August 8, 2012 We were very excited that our good friend Hamid was visiting us in Phuket so we decided to take a boat tour of the Hongs in Phang Nga Bay. At first we were looking at different tours that were specifically for kayaking that would allow us to paddle, not have someone paddle […]
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August 2012 We spent our month on Kata Beach in Phuket, Thailand mostly catching up on work, broken by swims in the pool and walks on the beach. On some Wednesdays we would take the songthaew to the Central Festival Mall in Phuket Town, to watch movies (which are cheaper on Wednesdays). The waves are
August 2012 After our travels through Myanmar, we spent the month of August in Kata Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand. We looked for a hotel to stay at for an entire month, but not finding anywhere we were sure about, we decided to rent a room for two weeks to start with. Our home for the
You may have noticed that at the top of both of our lists of favorite countries visited is Thailand. Sometimes I wonder whether Thailand really is a better holiday destination than other places we have visited, or if we are just sentimental. After all, Thailand was the first foreign country I ever visited. Yep, even
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Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Asia anymore… After our week in Nepal we flew Thai Airlines back to Thailand, to retrieve our suitcase that we had left in Bangkok Self Storage 5 months earlier. Since we were in Thailand anyway, we just had to visit the beach again. This time we went to
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We weren’t sure what to do on our fourth day in Chiang Mai, since we’d gained an extra day there by skipping Sukothai. I looked on Trip Adviser, and the top recommended activities in Chiang Mai were cooking classes. We signed up online for a class at Siam Rice. We each got to choose a
We had seen a video on youtube of an elephant painting an elephant holding a flower. We were still skeptical, since the video camera was so zoomed in that you couldn’t really tell if it was the elephant that was painting. When I found out that Maesa Elephant Training Camp in Chiang Mai has elephants
On our second day we headed off to San Kampaegn Road to look for traditional cotton and silk weaving. The driver from our hotel dropped us off at Thai Silk Village, Co. The store had an area showing the steps for making silk and a large show room of expensive silk clothing. Right before George
We barely made it up to Doi Suthep before the sun set. From Wat Phra Singh we walked to Huay Kaew road that heads up to Doi Suthep. We had to cross the road (6 lanes) twice and it took about 10 minutes the first time just to get enough of a clearing to cross.