We typically try to arrange for a cooking class or two when we travel abroad and this trip is no exception. We booked a ‘Thai for a day’, home cooking experience. We were picked up at the hotel by a local family and taken to their farm where we cooked some local dishes. The Raunkaew…
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Today was labelled a ‘city safari’ in Chiang Mai using pretty much every form of transportation available in the city. Kong and driver picked us up at the hotel in one of the city’s ‘songthaew’, the local form of public transit. The color of these small ‘buses’ identifies which route they take – ‘red’ is…
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After breakfast Ed and Boonsong picked us up for our flight to Chaing Mai. We missed most of rush hour and the trip was relatively quick as we were heading out of the city. Not so good for those inbound as the 4-lane highway was backed up solid for at least 15 miles! We…
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Today was ‘city safari’ day and our last day in Bangkok. Mr. Ed and a new driver gathered us up from the Ariyasom for the drive into the center of Bangkok and the Jim Thompson House. Jim Thompson was an important character in Bangkok and Thai history. An American, he revitalized and commercialized the Thai…
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