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Thailand: Lessons on a Bus (2 of 2)
Miraculously, we fell asleep. This did not last. At midnight every light flashed on and loud Thai music blasted from the speakers. No one else looked surprised (perhaps this was reviewed during that ten minute intro by the stewardess). An attendant, not the stewardess, then came around with
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Who Needs Clocks on the Isle of Koh Samui
The days tend to blend in delicious routine on Koh Samui but today will be different; we are going to “The Bullfight”. The cook at our restaurant had told us about this special event and had said, “everyone will go there on that day.” When we tried to find out what ti
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Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand – Accommodation
Location
If you want an unobstructed view of the majestic Suthep Mountain, stay on Suthep Rd, Huay Kaew Rd, Canal Rd, Nimmanhemin Rd or around parts of the Super Highway. If you want both the town and the mountain stay on Chang Puak Rd, Boonruangrit Rd, Aommuang Rd or Arak Rd.
If you choose t
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Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand – Events and Festivals
Event Calendar – Thailand
Trooping Of The Colours
December 3, 2000
The Royal Plaza, Bangkok
The King and Queen preside over this impressive annual event near the statue of King Chulalongkorn. Members of the elite Royal Guards swear allegiance and march past the Royal Family.
The 14th Ph
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Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand – Food
In July 1999, the Office of the National Culture Commission announced the top ten Thai dishes best liked by tourists after a worldwide survey of 1,000 Thai restaurants. The results in order of their percentages of popularity were:
Tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) 99%
Kaeng khiao wan kai (gree
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Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand – November 2000
Modern Thailand’s Second City
History accurately records the founding of Chiang Mai (CM) as having taken place on April 14, 1296 at 4 am! Because CM is at a higher elevation than most other popular cities and towns, it has a cooler and drier climate. There are three main seasons:
Cool se
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Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand – Transport
Regular bus service from Chiang Mai Arcade bus terminal to Bangkok (696 km), Chiang Rai (182 km), Mae Sai, Mae Hong Son (342 km), Golden Triangle (9 km North of Chiang Saen), Pha Yao (222 km), Chiang Khong, Lamphun (21 km), Lampang (92 km) and to other towns in the North, Northwest as well as
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Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand – Visas
Because it’s incredibly easy and cheap to enter Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia from the North, this bit of information is vital. You will need it in Thailand. You already have a tourist visa…it’s valid for two months from the date of issue. This visa can be extended by one month
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PlanetRovers – Month in Thailand
Month in ThailandUpdated March 6th, 2001
Sawatii! Our initial plan of going up the west coast of southern Thailand, to the island of Ko Samui, got scrapped after a brief conversation with an Aussie couple in a Penang café. It seems the monsoon had come to the west, so we headed east.
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Travels without a Plan
The End of Malaysia and Into Thailand
After the stresses and strains of the Jungle, the beaches of the Perenthian Islands were definately needed. Before this trip I had never really been one to laze around on beaches, but the Australian lifestyle must have caught up with me, because now I lo
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Travels without a Plan #19
A wet Full Moon Party and finally arriving in Bangkok
I’ve at long last arrived in Bangkok, which so far has totally surprised me, just due to the fact that it’s by as nowhere near bad as everyone has said it is. Yes it’s very hot, hectic, crowded, bustling, but I like it a lo
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Travels without a Plan #20
Northern Thailand
After the hustle and bustle of Bangkok, it was definately time to move on. For all its hectic-ness, Bangkok is a great town, and it’s a place that you know that people who are coming to SE Asia will visit. Therefore, it wasn’t a huge surprise that I bumped into an
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Digital Backpacker 2000 #5
October 8th: Motorbike repair shops
The nightbus brings Janne and I comfortably to Chiang Mai. At about six in the morning the first monks in their orange clothes can be seen on the streets as they collect their food from the people in town. It looks like a picture in motion out of one of the
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Tales from a Broad #2
Bangkok with a Bang!Thursday, October 5, 2000
Bangkok, Thailand
Greetings from Bangkok. I finally got here, and oh man, is it ever different than London, let me tell you.
First, let’s start at the beginning. I left London on the morning of Monday the second of October. I flew to Bahra
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Car Chase in Chiang Mai
Car Chase in Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
I had just arrived in Chiang Mai for a week long visit. I checked into a hotel and rented a nice new car which was parked in the car park opposite the hotel. After a nap I went out into the balmy night to see the sights. I tooled the car down through the mark
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I Wanna Be a Travel Writer – A Prude in PatPong
July 15 – A Prude in PatPong
I had heard about Bangkok’s infamous red light district many times. Mostly I had heard about the in-your-face sex offerings, and imagined sleazy men who couldn’t get laid at home coming here for the easy and exotic. I pictured doorway after doorwa
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Paul Kan’s Asia Journal #8: May 28-3, Bangkok & East Thailand – Thailand
Zoom in from the skyline, and find a modern, pulsating city that has everything from state-of-the-art monorails to fake brand merchandise. And yes, there is a McDonald’s.
May 28-31Bangkok & East Thailand
In this story:
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Travels without a Plan #23
End of the Road – Cambodia and Thailand
Well, this is quite honestly the last of my travel updates. Yup, this is the
end of this particular road for me. The bank is calling, the credit card is
stretched to the limit and I don’t think I can call in any more favours from
family membe
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #19
Dive, dive, dive (In Thailand)
The first place I dove in Thailand was in fact my first ever dive. I have snorkeled and skin dived a lot and really enjoyed it, swimming down to the depths to pick up a shell or swim with a fish I saw from the surface. In the Seychelles we swam with turtles and a
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #18
A Quick Trip Through Thailand
In the last 8 months we have been in and out of Thailand like a yoyo, the first time being back in October, when I flew from Nepal to meet Eddie who had flown home to see family and friends while I went to climb a mountain. And in all that time we haven’t go
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