Flight
2021年12月16日, タイ ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
PCR test fest and Scoot ran very late!
Quarantine
2021年12月17日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Jim Thompson house
2021年12月18日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Tour round Jim Thompson house - not allowed to take photos inside the house, but awesome collection of ancient pottery, silk tapestries and furniture. Houses were old, transported from elsewhere andもっと詳しく
Exploring Bangkok
2021年12月18日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Slightly exciting trip to Chinatown, attacked by a dog (!), first temple, boat ride down the river back to the hotel, food court Thai basil rice for dins.
Temple exploring in Chiang Mai
2021年12月19日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Hundreds of Wats dotted around Chiang Mai - spent the morning/ early afternoon exploring about 15. All free to wander in, lots of practicing monks around, and very empty atm because not many touristsもっと詳しく
Cafe lunch
2021年12月19日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Lunch - some skewers, Pad Thai, fried rice and some cold drinks in a peaceful cafe courtyard
Walking night market
2021年12月19日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Night markets are opened up now, though they check your vaccination status and temperature at the entrance. Wandered around and got some street food
Monks trail and Wat Pha Lat
2021年12月20日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Hiked up a trail in the mountain to a fairly unbelievably beautiful temple. River running through, with a lovely pond looking over the city, lots of beautiful statues, temples and old buildings dottedもっと詳しく
Doi Suthep
2021年12月20日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Carried on up the mountain once we managed to hail a red taxi/bus (shared, only a pound or so per trip) and went to Doi Suthep, a temple overlooking the city
Khao Soi lunch, silver temple and swim
2021年12月20日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Got Khao Soi for lunch - classic Chiang Mai dish, spicy noodle soup with crunchy noodles on top. This was a v busy place popular with the locals, they'd run out of chicken by the time we arrived soもっと詳しく
Cooking class
2021年12月20日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Went to a cooking class recommended by the hotel - pretty fab! They took us to a local market to buy some ingredients, then out to a farm in the countryside where they've got a huge bamboo barn.もっと詳しく
Doi Inthanon cloud forests
2021年12月21日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Hotel sorted us a driver to take us to Doi Inthanon national park - includes the highest mountain in Thailand (a mere 2500m). First stop was a a couple of nature trails round the cloud forest at theもっと詳しく
Doi Inthanon Stupas
2021年12月21日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Next stop in Doi Inthanon, two stupas! These are pretty recently built
Lunch, waterfalls and coffee
2021年12月21日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Headed lower down Doi Inthanon to have lunch at a trout farm/ hydropower station, see a couple of waterfalls and have a quick coffee stop before driving back
Dinner at Dash
2021年12月21日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Last night in Chiang Mai, went for dinner at a place called Dash, in a teak house. The guy in charge lived in West Hampstead for a bit! He grew up in Chiang Mai and the house is rebuilt from hisもっと詳しく
Bye to hotel and flight to Krabi
2021年12月22日, タイ ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Early departure from Terracotta Arts hotel - fab hotel, some pictures here. The staff here were super friendly and helpful, breakfasts delish and huge and the hotel was filled with terracottaもっと詳しく
Boat to Koh Yao Yai
2021年12月22日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Waited a couple of hours at the pier in Ao Nang for the boat, grabbed some street food for lunch, then speedboat to Koh Yao Yai
Checked in to Santhiya resort and dinner
2021年12月22日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Pretty awesome hotel! Did a bit of scouting around, quick swim and (average) dinner in one of the restaurants.
Day 1 at Santhiya
2021年12月23日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Lots of swimming in the pools, sea and a quick kayak session. Abandoned the resort restaurant for the small hotel restaurant next door for lunch and dinner, which was much tastier! Massaman curry forもっと詳しく
Boat trip to Khai islands
2021年12月24日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Hired a longtail boat from Captain E on the beach and went for a tour of Khai islands, three small islands not too far from ours. Beaut and deserted (until one big boat tour at the first). Chilled onもっと詳しく
Day 2 afternoon at Santhiya
2021年12月24日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Bit sunburnt after the boat trip so mainly chilled in the shade. Decided to get the hotel restaurant's Christmas buffet, which was hit and miss, but featured an awesome fire dancing display on theもっと詳しく
Day 3 in Santhiya
2021年12月25日, タイ ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Alternative Christmas! Bit burnt still, but did a fair amount of swimming and chilling. Went to a new slightly inland restaurant (Isaan Fine) which was bril. Had crispy chicken skin salad, red curryもっと詳しく
Final morning at Santhiya
2021年12月26日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Final morning at Santhiya was pretty active - went paddle boarding first thing in the morning, then breakfast and a final swim in the infinity pool. Checked out and went for lunch at the same place asもっと詳しく
Ayutthaya tour
2021年12月27日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Up at 6 for a tour of Ayutthaya, which is the old capital (around 500ish years ago) before it was invaded by the Burmese. Very hot (33) so good that we started early and had an air-conditioned tourもっと詳しく
Swim and exploring Bangkok at night
2021年12月27日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Much needed swim to cool off after the tour and doing all the flight admin and testing. Hotel pool had a great view of some of the skyscrapers. Then went exploring Bangkok to get some food. First gotもっと詳しく








































































































































