Chiang Mai Chinatown and market is a huge area where you can get any type of food, clothings, flowers, supplies- lots of things to see and to buy at low prices. Along the roadside, you can visit the clothing and food stores, then as you venture inside, there is a huge market area selling local [...]
You can find stalls selling duck, chicken and pork rice almost at each busy street in Thailand. The price is reasonable and in some stalls like this, the worker ensure prepare the food in hygenic conditions. Above: Generally, they would cook the pork in huge pots like this. One thing though, usually the gravvy has [...]
The 4 Buddha Footprint temple, also known as Wat Pra Prabat Si Roy (วัดพระพุทธบาทสี่รอย)- located near Chiang Mai is a beautiful scenic temple. The temple is really a magnificent place – I had gone there a few times in the years that I have been to Thailand. Above: The view of the shrine hall from [...]
Towards year end and now, flowers are fully bloomed in Chiang Mai. Especially in the highlands area, you can see various types of flowers in full bloom. The flowers are very beautiful during year end if you visit Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai (เชียงใหม่): Below are photos taken from Wat Phra That Doi Suthep วัดพระธาตุดอยสุเทพ in [...]
Below are photos of Chiang Mai Royal Flora Ratchaphruek ราชพฤกษ์ จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ 2011. Such event is not to be missed….when I attended in 2011, I was not particularly interested in landscape and gardens and yet I was totally captivated by the whole set up and arrangement. Really magnificent. Years down the line, I have taken up [...]
Tuk tuk ตุ๊ก ๆ can be found in abundance within Bangkok and Ayutthaya. It has 3 wheels and sometimes can travel considerably faster than cars due to its smaller size- where the driver may attempt swirl in and out of traffic. As you can see above, the tuk tuk is not air conditioned. Travelling on the [...]
Most major shopping complexes in Thailand have food courts like the one at Central Plaza in Chiang Mai below: From there, you can go around, eat and drink to your heart’s content. Usually, there are English food labels and the staff there would at least be able to speak a few words of English. Even [...]
Having lived in Thailand for sometime, I find the best books that teaches us about the Thai language and good Thai dictionaries can be found in the following places: Hualampong train station in Bangkok (there are a few bookstore near the waiting area- good Thai language books are available there) Some bookstores that also sell [...]
Wat Phra That Si Chom Thong วัดพระธาตุดอยจอมทอง is located at Amphoe Chom Thong. The information is located on the information board located at the entrace of the temple: Located on Doi Chom Thong, the temple is one of the most important sites of Chiang Mai because it houses a holy Buddha relic, believed to be [...]
From the main bus station in Chiang Mai, you can buy tickets to travel by bus from Chiang Mai to places like Bangkok, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, and other towns. Notice the red vehicle that you see above- it is equivalent of a public bus- the locals travel using the red vehicle above. There [...]
