chiang mai
Thailand Google maps – now in English!
We’re celebrating this landmark development by bringing you an example below. Here’s Wat Phra Tat Doi Suthep the very famous mountain temple on Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai… From now on we can easily show you maps to the places that feature in our posts. No more old-school text-based directions. Just click-and-drag on the map [...]
The best qualirty helmet, in Thailand
Absoluterly. The visor cracked and fell off a few weeks ago, then the chin strap ripped off as I was doing up my helmet. A cheap but sadly ineffective helmet. Probably shouldn’t complain – at £7 ($14) from Tesco Metro it was an absolute steal.
Air pollution levels in Chiang Mai rising
Click the button to check the Chiang Mai pollution levels TODAY! It’s getting to that time of year again when the pollution levels in Chiang Mai start climbing to dangerous levels. This happens every year towards the end of the dry season, between February and April and is largely attributable to slash-and-burn farming methods. Last [...]
Happy Valentines Day email from a monk
I thought I’d just share with you a wonderful Valentines Day email I just received from one of the Monks at our local temple in Chiang Mai – Wat Suan Dok. It also contained this rather pretty rose photo. Dear my dearest friends What day is it today? Oh that is Valentines Day. I don’t [...]
Sound file: Our local restaurant in Chiang Mai
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] This was recorded at around 7.30pm on a weekday night at our local vegetarian restaurant on Suthep Road in Chiang Mai. I popped to the restaurant and had a Khao Soi – one of the traditional northern Thai [...]
Podcast: 1483km by motorbike in North Thailand
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] Last week I completed a long 1483Km motorbike trip with my sister Laura through the mountains of North and North West Thailand, you can listen to the podcast we made along the way by clicking above. Setting off [...]
Video: Ob Luang National Park
Ob Luang national park is about 105 kilometers from Chiang Mai and is a very worthwhile day trip. The park is famous for its gorge through which the Mae Chaem River flows. It is also known as the "Grand Canyon of Thailand". A footbridge across the gorge 500 meters downstream makes a walk through the [...]
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