We have arrived back in Chiang Mai for a few days. Arrived on the mini bus Sunday afternoon. Since then we have been laying low and not doing very much. I had gotten sick after eating some Mexican food on Friday night & was still feeling a bit on the ill side until today (Tues) and Rene has his broken foot to contend with. Altho he is getting around pretty well so it is not holding us back very much. Sunday we went to the night market for the last time here...

We have made it to Pai thailand. Arrived on Sunday afternoon after a 3.5 hour gruelling mini bus ride through the mountians. First part of the trip we were just amazed at how the driver passed around corners & stayed close to the rear of other veh's. At no time did we feel that we were in any danger. Half way through the trip we stopped for a break & switched mini buses. This driver was a bit calmer but the ride was worse in the way of all the turns a...

The next day(Thursday) we were up early to be picked up for our Thai cooking class. First stop was the market where Nokki showed us different veggies & ingreediences that went into making the dishes. And off to the cooking school were we made about 5 or 6 dishes, starting with pad thai noodles and went onto spring rolls then spicy prawn soup & curried chicken and more. It was all very yummy and we got to eat all that we made. We were very very full. Unfor...

We have made it to Chiang Mai. Arrived on Monday afternoon after a 1 hour flight from Bangkok. We ended up taking a package deal from Bangkok to here so our guest house (HollidayGarden View Guest House) and some tours were booked a head of time. We got picked up at the airport and transported back to our Guest house. The broucher of the guest house was a lot nicer then the actual rooms but they are livable. The mattresses I think are actually the box springs, mov...

We have arrived. Only took about 33 hours for us to get from Vancouver to Seattle to Bangkok leaving home Nov 1st and arriving here Nov 3rd around noon. Flight was long but as good as it can be after flying for 15.5 hours. After arriving we found our way from the airport to the area of Khoa San Road and to our hotel. The taxi ride here was interesting, you never knew if you were really going to make it or not. People drive crazy here and thank goodness that they ...