Charming Luang Prabang
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....
Chiang Mai: Highlights and Reviews
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...
Doi Suthep
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...
On the top of Thailand!
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...
Cooking it up in Chiang Mai!
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...
Wat a day!
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...
Welcome to Chiang Mai
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...
Goodbye Bangkok, but we’ll be back!
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...
Bangkok: Day 3: Chinatown!
November 19, 2007. Bangkok, Thailand. (notes from my journal) We’ve been sleeping and waking up quite early here, in Bangkok. Many people would say we’re crazy to do so since we’re on vacation and we should relax, take it easy and sleep in. We prefer it this way, however. Whenever we wake up late (vacation...
Bangkok: Day 2: JT House, MBK Mall, Skytrain ride
Sunday November 17, 2007. Bangkok, Thailand (notes from my journal) Up at 5 AM. Maybe it’s excitement… or jet lag. Who’s complaining! We’re ready to go! Got dressed and headed down for another delicious spread by the river. Our agenda for the day was Jim Thompson House and the a visit to the MBK mall...
Bangkok: Day 1: Wat Prah Kaew, Wat Pho, Wat Arun
Saturday, November 17 2007. Bangkok, Thailand (notes from my journal) We slept well and felt energetic when we woke up the next day (at 5 AM). We just sat by the window gazing at the river watching it come to life as the sun rose. Oh, we so love it here! We both got ready...
Sawadee Krup Krung Thep
Friday, November 16, 2007. Bangkok, Thailand (notes from my journal) We’re in Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit – Thats the official name of Bangkok! We arrived at 12:30 PM. Since we already had Heena’s visa done at home, immigration...
