Thailand Tidbits from the blog, I blend stories from my travels with reflections about daily life. When it happens or when it pops up in my memory.
Eating Chinatown and rounding off with Peking Opera
Eating Chinatown again, and this time I decided to do a full 24 hours in Yaowarat and Charoen Krung area so I booked myself into W22, a kitschy, partly Chinese-themed hotel apparently owned by a Harley-Davidsson lower. All the motorbikes were parked in the lobby!! The hotel was worth 1050 baht, everything you need in…
Khao Soi Khun Yai | The most hyped Khao Soi in Chiang Mai
If you Google Khao Soi Khun Yai and view it on Google maps, it will show busy and probably with a waiting time of 30 minutes or so. We found that information very accurate. I have to say I am extremely skeptical of places that are so hyped like Khao Soi Khun Yai. Waiting for…
Camping in San Kamphaeng Hot Springs
I have been to San Kamphaeng hot springs many times throughout the years, but this was my first time camping. We went there on the second of January which was still a public holiday in Thailand. A compensation day because the first of January was on a Sunday. So obviously it was very crowded. However,…
Mae Kha Canal | A Taste of Hoi An in Chiang Mai
Mae Kha Canal opened up as a cozy, touristic market area about three months ago. With the illumination by the narrow waterway, the highlight of the area so far was the Loy Krathong celebration. With the two bridges, there is more than a hint of Hoi An to the area but to me, there was…
Wat Arun |Temple of Dawn by the River of Kings
Wat Arun is translated as the temple of dawn. Maybe King Taksin came riding in here on a morning when he was determined to reorganise his army and establish a new capital after the old one, Ayuthaya was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. This west side of the river Chao Phraya(often translated as the…
The lantern festival in Lamphun lights up the town
The Lantern Festival is currently on in Lamphun. The small town in the South of Chiang Mai is really a chamber of treasures. It is well worth the ride to visit Wat Phrathat Haripunchai temple at night time to see people making merits here. Since it is illuminated at night the best time is dark.…
Somtam Slider |Another 50 baht waterpark in Lamphun
Somtam Slider, yes can not really believe the name of the place but it is not a joke. That is what it is called. I don’t know how many local water parks there are around Lamphun but have to say that this was better managed than The Sun that we went to during the pandemic.…
Barefoot Cafe | Pasta as good as at home
Great, fresh pasta place in new trendy Chiang Mai
Happy When it Rains but..
I’d love to recite The Jesus and Mary Chain on their classic, Happy when it rains but recently we had a wee just too much of it, that is the rain. The Ping river is expanding, we are seeing quite a few flooded zones of Chiang Mai and cracks start to appear in mountain roads,…
The new food stall area near Ratchapreuk
There is a new food stall area near Ratchapreuk. Ratchapreuk is the Flora Expo area in Chiang Mai. I have been out of town for a while, when I left I was wondering what purpose all these white lottery- stands would fill. But, yes I guessed it was related to food. It turned out really…
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