Ban Om Kon

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Chiang Mai - a cultural shock for us Europeans

In less than two hours flight, we reach Chiang Mai, the second largest city after Bangkok. We are picked up from the airport in the midday heat and check in at the "De Lanna", a...

Elephants and “Ricola”… that only exists in Thailand

Our last day...we will spend most of our time in the car back to Chiang Mai. On the way there we will marvel at another sight: “The Bamboo Bridge at the Shan Mountain Temple”....

Old Town of Chiang Mai

I've been wandering around Chiang Mai since Wednesday evening. Today, during our morning walk, we visited several Buddhist temples here in the old town of Chiang Mai. The first...

Royal Park Rajapurek

Yesterday morning I visited a theme park here in Chiang Mai. I was really pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the park. In addition to the many different plants, there are...

Day 7 - Chiang Mai Temples and more

Chiang Mai is impressive… we went to the fresh market on foot in the morning. Fish, meat, fruit and vegetables etc. By 10 a.m. the rush of Thais was already over and we were a...

Day 9 - Chiang Mai and the jungle

Our last day in Chiang Mai was action-packed. First we hiked through the jungle for two hours with a guide. The German TÜV would never have approved this route. It was really...

Authentic Thailand - Chiang Mai is different

We flew to Chiang Mai this morning with Air Asia and booked a very small, cute boutique hotel here… Fortunately, Chiang Mai is a little more original and much more relaxed than...