Category Archives: travel
Waterfalls, rafting, jungle, elephants, tarantulas, snakes
I’m in Bangkok at the moment, but let’s back track to Um Phang. A very remote town on the Burmese border, 150km south of Mae Sot, but that trip takes 5 to 7 hours. South there is the national park … Continue reading
Gratitude
I haz it. For life. For food. For music. For freedom. For a very amicable divorce. For not having to show an identity card at police controls on the Burmese/Thai border. For friends, old and new, and family. For the … Continue reading
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Death Highway, Um Phang, randomness
From around the corner of the hill came a dust cloud. I covered my nose and mouth as we drove through. Around the corner there was a ute in the gutter of the road, on the wrong side. A woman … Continue reading
Mae Sot – practically Burma
Live rabbits, mice, eels, toads, snails and fish. Uncovered meat including pig trotters and snouts. At least twenty types of fruit and vegetables I don’t recognise. Buddhist monks. Burmese men in sarong skirts. Girls with yellow incense on their cheeks. … Continue reading
Giggling locals, icecream motorbike and an ancient city
After a night in Lampang I headed for Sukhothai. I got up a bit late, but as soon as I got to the bus station at around 10, a bus was about to leave. Most busses between cities seem to … Continue reading
Elephants and Lampang
After a few days in Chiang Mai, it was time to head south and then west, and our group of friends were all headed in different directions so I was on my own again, which was fine. I decided to … Continue reading
Chiang Mai on fire!
I could have stayed a lot longer at Cave Lodge and surrounding areas, but the Loi Krathong festival was about to start in Chiang Mai, and according to many people this was worth attending, the biggest festival of the year … Continue reading
Legendary
When I said on facebook that I was in Chiang Mai/Pai, one friend linked me to www.cavelodge.com and another said to float down a raft through Tham Lod cave. Turns out these places next to each other. When you visit … Continue reading
Waterfalls and hot springs
In Pai I was with a group of people I’d met at Julie’s in Chiang Mai, and we hired scooters to ride through the beautiful mountains, to two waterfalls in the area, and hot springs. The second waterfall (Nam Tok … Continue reading
Northern Thailand
Last few days have been interesting and fun! I guess I should back track a bit first. I’ve been in Chiang Mai(northern Thailand) for 5 days and I’ve spent it mostly relaxing and blogging the previous posts. On my first … Continue reading
