What do you think of when you think of Thailand? The following are things that came to my mind before I researched out trip to this fabulous country.
-Rice and Thai Curry
-Full Moon Parties
-Prostitution and Lady Boys (yeah that's right I said it!)
-Elephants
-Buddhists
-Snake blood shots
-RedBull
-Huts on the beach for $5
The reason we chose Thailand in the first place was because I saw a picture on Pinterest of the lanterns being released into the sky and thought, yeah I'd like to photograph that. So it took me a few hours of researching to find out that they let those lanterns go during the Thai festival of Loi Krathong, and that nowhere does it better than Chiang Mai. We thought about doing the south and the north of Thailand all in one go but decided to just take ten days and focus on the north and Chiang Mai region. We figured if we liked Thailand then we would head back for the beaches next time as Thailand is actually not a very far flight from Abu Dhabi.
We are now back home and can safely say that we LOVED Chiang Mai and Thailand and will definitely be returning!!!
We booked with Etihad holidays and were very happy with our hotel choice. It was a bit outside of Chiang Mai but it allowed us to have a resort feel and a few days to relax when we weren't out touring around.
Day 1- Arrived and went to hotel, then went in to Chiang Mai and wandered around, took a tuktuk home.
Day 2- late breakfast and then into Chiang Mai to meet up with ThaiLifeTouring. Went to release fish to "make merit" and then onto Mae Jo University for the official buddhist ceremony and lantern release for Yi Peng. AMAZING
Day 3- San Kamphaeng during the day, factory outlets for umbrellas/jewelery and stuff, then went to the Sunday walking street that night
Day 4-day in the resort, spa day for me. Traditional lanna dinner next door in evening
Day 5- Doi Suthep, Coffee Plantation and King's winter palace
Day 6- day at the resort, out to dinner, floating lantern for loi krathong in the evening
day 7- elephant camp. What a wonderful place! Local market for dinner in evening.
day 8- Buatong Waterfalls, Dinner at Rivermarket.
day 9- Day Market/Ruins
Day 10- Wat U Mong, Neiminen Street and Sunday walking street
Day 11- fly home!!!
-Rice and Thai Curry
-Full Moon Parties
-Prostitution and Lady Boys (yeah that's right I said it!)
-Elephants
-Buddhists
-Snake blood shots
-RedBull
-Huts on the beach for $5
The reason we chose Thailand in the first place was because I saw a picture on Pinterest of the lanterns being released into the sky and thought, yeah I'd like to photograph that. So it took me a few hours of researching to find out that they let those lanterns go during the Thai festival of Loi Krathong, and that nowhere does it better than Chiang Mai. We thought about doing the south and the north of Thailand all in one go but decided to just take ten days and focus on the north and Chiang Mai region. We figured if we liked Thailand then we would head back for the beaches next time as Thailand is actually not a very far flight from Abu Dhabi.
We are now back home and can safely say that we LOVED Chiang Mai and Thailand and will definitely be returning!!!
We booked with Etihad holidays and were very happy with our hotel choice. It was a bit outside of Chiang Mai but it allowed us to have a resort feel and a few days to relax when we weren't out touring around.
Day 1- Arrived and went to hotel, then went in to Chiang Mai and wandered around, took a tuktuk home.
Day 2- late breakfast and then into Chiang Mai to meet up with ThaiLifeTouring. Went to release fish to "make merit" and then onto Mae Jo University for the official buddhist ceremony and lantern release for Yi Peng. AMAZING
Day 3- San Kamphaeng during the day, factory outlets for umbrellas/jewelery and stuff, then went to the Sunday walking street that night
Day 4-day in the resort, spa day for me. Traditional lanna dinner next door in evening
Day 5- Doi Suthep, Coffee Plantation and King's winter palace
Day 6- day at the resort, out to dinner, floating lantern for loi krathong in the evening
day 7- elephant camp. What a wonderful place! Local market for dinner in evening.
day 8- Buatong Waterfalls, Dinner at Rivermarket.
day 9- Day Market/Ruins
Day 10- Wat U Mong, Neiminen Street and Sunday walking street
Day 11- fly home!!!
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| Kiddo is eating a grilled cheese and Richard and I had a beer :) |
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