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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After a couple of easy days, we have a full one planned with an early start at 6:30. The hotel provided a breakfast box for us to take along. It’s already laundry day so we dropped our washing on our way out of the villa. Even in the early morning it’s warm. The heat…
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