I must admit, elephants make good photo models. There are probably too many photos here, but I already deleted several hundred. Ethical Elephant Tours There is a great deal of debate about which tour is the most ethical. From a Western perspective, we can rule out riding of elephants for sure. Many tourist don’t care. […]
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Pai Canyon We decided to take a look at the Pai Canyon on our way out of Pai. Though it was a bit of a climb up, we’re glad we did. The Drive Down In a previous post, we mentioned the curves on the road. It was almost a work of art watching a semi […]
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Day 5 was the vaunted trip to Pai. Vaunted because there are over 762 curves–most of them hairpin and switchback. Apparently it was built by the Japanese during the 2nd World War. However, we needed to start with a stop for morning – Coffee There are tourist traps, and there are tourist traps. I think […]
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We left the hotel for a day trip up to the Choi Phu Ka National Park. On our way to find coffee, we stopped off at Wat Du Tai. Wat Du Tai I was particularly taken by the roosters. But there was other good stuff, including a great view of Nan. Erabica Coffee We were […]
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After a fairly mediocre breakfast at our hotel, we headed off to Nan, in Eastern Thailand near the border to Laos. It was progressively hillier as we made our way toward mountains. Gone were the rice paddies and now we were surrounded by, I kid you not, corn fields. Sometimes there would be a few […]
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Here are some random shots of Bangkok. It is a huge city, 270 square miles. With a population of over 17 million, it is also the most visited city in the world. Feung Nakorn Balcony Rooms and Cafe Nestled in an alley in the old part of Bangkok, this hotel was once an elementary school. […]
From the handout we received when we bought our tickets: You are now in the Thai home of Jim Thompson, an American who was born in Greenville, Delaware, in 1906. A practicing architect prior to World War II, he volunteered for service in the U.S. Army, campaigned in Europe and was later sent to Asia. […]
Saturday My volunteered to take the girls to their various dance and piano lessons, thus freeing up Kook to play with us. She wanted to take us to Ko Kret and the Chatuchak Weekend Market. Ko Kret Ko Kret is a small island in the Chao Phraya River, just north of Bangkok. It was a […]
We decided to take public transport to go to Samyan Mitrtown mall to meet Kannika and her parents. It is located on a corner of the Chulalongkorn University campus. First we took a public bus to the MTS (Underground) stop. 10 THB (about $.30). We then got on the MTS. 60 THB ($1.76) And then… […]
The National Museum of Thailand was a reasonably short walk from Sabai Sabai. The skipper told us it was worth it, so we went. Just in case you wondered what we’d look like in traditional Thai garb, here you go: On our way, we saw a school class doing an activity in one of the […]
