Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 11:36 in
...Thailand, Chang Mai, Hiking and Trekking |
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No Comments It was too cold to trek in India or Nepal. Too out of the way in Sri Lanka. We didn’t have enough time in Malaysia. So, when we arrived in Chang Mai, the home of trekking in Thailand, we decided... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 11:03 in
...Thailand, Chang Mai, Religion |
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No Comments The day after our cooking class we rented a motorbike and headed to the outskirts of Chang Mai to visit a couple of temples that would have cost us 5x more to visit by tuk tuk. Our first stop was... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 10:48 in
...Laos, ...Thailand, ..Border Crossing, Chang Mai, Houayxai |
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No Comments Land border crossings vary from country to country. To get into Singapore and Malaysia we had to enter big buildings with lots of security and lines and have our bags screened by x-ray machines. Before entering Thailand we had to... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 10:38 in
...Thailand, ..This & That, Chang Mai, Hiking and Trekking |
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No Comments One of the many things that kept us awake and laughing during our night at the local village on our jungle trek was a cat in heat who meow’ed loud and often…especially when it thought the two-stringed instrument Mr. Ton... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 May, 2009 at 11:13 in
...Thailand, Bangkok, Celebrations, Featured Stories |
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No Comments Thai New Year, known locally as Songkran, is celebrated grandly in Bangkok by dousing friends and strangers with water and wiping a mixture of chalk powder and water on people’s faces. Both are meant to be symbols for the substances... (Continue reading)
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