Thailand

Chiang Mai

Travels in Thailand – Last Stop Chiang Mai

Our final days in Thailand were spent in and around the City of Chiang Mai. This was probably one of our favorite cities in Thailand. It’s fitting that I’m writing about the finish of our Thailand trip as in 1 day we are off to begin another once-in-a-lifetime trip – a three week visit to Central […] Read more…

Maesa Elephant Camp

Travels in Thailand – Maesa Elephant Camp

My telling of our tour of Thailand continues after the day in Myanmar with a visit to the Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai. This area of the Maesa Valley is home to the largest domesticated elephant habitation in northern Thailand. What an absolute treat it is to walk along a beautiful trail, through a gorgeous forest and find […] Read more…

children in Myanmar

Myanmar and The Golden Triangle

Today, on our tour, we actually leave Thailand at the very north of the country for a little while so we can cross the border and visit Myanmar. Myanmar (also known as Burma) is part of the Golden Triangle area that I alluded to in my last post about this trip. We will actually spend […] Read more…

Mae Salong Hill Tribe

Travels in Thailand – Chiang Rai

As we continue sharing our adventures in Thailand, we are still heading north to our next “stay” in the northernmost big city of the country called Chiang Rai. From Chiang Rai, we are heading to the Golden Triangle area – the tripoint of the Thailand, Laos and Myanmar borders – but that is yet to come. Chiang Rai […] Read more…

Sukhothai

Travels in Thailand – Sukhothai

Ready for our next stop on our Travels in Thailand tour – another Unesco World Heritage Site? Well, we’re still traveling North in Thailand from Ayutthaya, and now we’re on our way to Sukhothai. But, before we get there, we’re treated to another wonderful experience of just being on the road in Thailand – a roadside market in a […] Read more…

Ayutthaya

Travels in Thailand – Ayutthaya

Ready to continue on with our travels in Thailand? We now leave Bangkok and head about 80 km North. The next stop I’d like to share with you is our first visit to a Unesco World Heritage Site called Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya Ayutthaya was the second and most prosperous capital of Siam, founded in 1350. Ayutthaya was an international trading […] Read more…

The Grand Palace Bangkok, Thailand

Travels in Thailand – Bangkok Day 2

I remember still being a bit jet-lagged on day 2 of our Travels in Thailand. On this day, we were still exploring the city of Bangkok and getting used to the sights and sounds that would  become expected and familiar in touring this fabulous country. Sites such as elephants roaming the roadways: And families squooshed […] Read more…

Bangkok

Traveling to Thailand – First Stop Bangkok

A couple of years ago, Jimi (aka Pops) and I took a trip Traveling to Thailand and Cambodia. I never really posted much about this trip. In fact, there are a lot of vacations in the last few years that I don’t seem to have posted much about. I was a lazy travel blogger you could say. […] Read more…

Bangkok

We’ve been home now almost 3 1/2 weeks and I still feel so affected and have so many images and ideas roaming around my head from our trip. Touring Thailand and Cambodia and small sections of Laos and Myanmar was definitely eye-opening for me. I’d say this was the best vacation I’ve ever had – […] Read more…

Thailand so Far

We are loving Thailand!! Here are some photos I’ve taken with my phone to hopefully give you a little feel of our trip. Read more…

Our Thailand Trip

We’re leaving tomorrow!! All packed and ready to go, and I thought, hmmm, maybe my friends would like to know where we’re going and what we’re doing. We’re taking our tour through Gate 1 Travel. Here’s the lowdown: DAY 1, Thursday – Today we Depart the USA for Thailand. Basically a long, long, super long day of […] Read more…