November 26, 2007. Luang Prabang, Laos.
(notes from my journal)
We woke up at 7:30 am and headed to the main street. The destination was the Scandinavian Bakery. People and guide books have raved about this place. We figured since we’re here, a good cup of Lao coffee and pastries for breakfast might be worth a try. [...]
November 25, 2007. Luang Prabang, Laos.
(notes from my journal)
We woke up a bit late (7 am ish) and took our time to get ready. My throat ache was getting worse and I just did not feel at the top of the world. At 9 AM, we went down to the hotel restaurant for a quick [...]
November 24, 2007. Luang Prabang, Laos
(notes from my journal)
I have never used the word charming in my entire life, but that is the word that kept coming to my head about how I felt about Luang Prabang. It’s a sleepy town, nestled on the banks of two rivers, the Mekong and Nam Khan. Good [...]
The good:
Walking around the old town visiting different wats.
Cooking class at A Lot Of Thai.
Monk chat @ Wat U Mong
Baan Orapin’s garden.
Pepsi @ Baan Orapin. This guy brought a smile on our face – through his smile
The town itself. It reminded me of smaller towns in India. Quite laid back, compared to Bangkok.
Lovely Loy Krathong [...]
November 24, 2007. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
(notes from my journal)
Our last day in Chiang Mai. This afternoon we’ll move on to our next destination: Luang Prabang. However, since we had not visited Doi Suthep, one of Chiang Mai’s most important temples, we woke up early morning, got dressed and headed there. We got a “sangthaew” (one [...]
November 23, 2007. Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Doi Inthanon National Park)
(notes from my journal)
Since we had spent almost three days in Chiang Mai, we decided to take a day out of the city and go do something outdoors. Since any strenuous activity was out of question due to my knee injury, we booked a day trip [...]
November 22, 2007. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
(notes from my journal)
Today, we had an amazing cooking class with Yui at A Lot Of Thai. We were picked up at 9 AM by Yui’s husband Kwan, in a matador (remember those?) and taken to their house. It’s a traditional style house and actually reminded me of homes [...]
November 21, 2007. Chiang Mai, Thailand
(notes from my journal)
We woke up to a lot of rain. It was pouring as if it was going out of style!
We had to change our plans of going to Doi Suthep since the rains created and overcast in the sky. One of the attractions of Doi Suthep is that [...]
The flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai was on time and in a small little Boeing 717 plane. For an hours’ flight we were still served snacks (hot noodles – mmm!). It almost felt as if we took off, reached a decent height and then flew back down. I got some cool photos of the [...]
November 20, 2007. Bangkok Thailand
(notes from my journal)
We were up by 4:45 (see the trend), got dressed, grabbed a couple of bread pieces as breakfast and headed straight to the airport. The check-in for Bangkok Air was painless. We headed to our gate but were an hour early before check-in. So, we went to the [...]