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Chiang Mai Restaurants, Entertainment and Hotel

December 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Since we had a week in Chiang Mai, we had a chance to explore many restaurants and entertainment venues. First the food Rachamankha. Our first night we ate at our hotel restaurant where we shared two dishes. While the atmosphere in a outside courtyard was lovely, the food was only OK. …

Filed Under: Activities, Asia, Chiang Mai, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Thailand, Travel Tagged With: Chiang Mai

Learning to Cook Thai Food

December 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

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One of the fun things to do when visiting a country is to learn how to cook their food. Since we love Thai food, we were looking forward to taking a Thai cooking class. Chiang Mai Thailand was a perfect place to do so. After some research, we decided to take a class with Basil […]

Filed Under: Asia, Chiang Mai, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Thailand, Travel Tagged With: Chiang Mai, cooking class

Getting Outside of Chiang Mai Thailand

December 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

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While Chiang Mai is a beautiful and interesting little town, we also had time to venture outside of the old town area to visit some interesting sites just outside of the main part of the town. Tiger Kingdom, where visitors can see tigers of all ages and touch and take pictures of yourself with …

Filed Under: Asia, Chiang Mai, Destinations, Featured-City, Thailand, Travel Tagged With: elephant painting, tiger kingdom

Exploring Chiang Mai Thailand

December 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Although a visit to any new city certainly entails a tour of the sights, our primary objective is walking cities to get a feel for the town’s vibe. Chiang Mai’s Old City region is small and can easily be covered by walking in a day or day and a half. Two days if you stretch […]

Filed Under: Asia, Chiang Mai, Destinations, Featured-City, Thailand, Travel Tagged With: Chiang Mai

Remembering a Trip to the Hill Country in Chiang Rai Thailand

June 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

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Some trips are so memorable, that even if they took place before we started this blog, we wanted to go back into our memories and talk about them. Such was our first trip to Cambodia, and, in particular, a special trip we took out of Chiang Rai into the hill country. The trip started with […]

Filed Under: Asia, Chiang Rai, Destinations, Featured-City, Featured-Trips, Thailand, Travel Tagged With: Chiang Rai, trekking

Eating our Way Through Bangkok Neighborhoods

December 14, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Bangkok is a vibrant city that is filled with lots of interesting foods. Wherever we are, we like to try lots of local foods. Tom is more adventurous than Joyce, although she tries more things than  she used to do—even if she still bulks at chilies. After all, life is too short to have a […]

Filed Under: Activities, Asia, Bangkok, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Thailand, Travel Tagged With: Bangkok, dining

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