Goodbye to Lid and Pod
6 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
This afternoon we said goodbye to our guides Lid and Pod. They were excellent guides. Lid did enjoy taking about food and showing me pictures on his phone of all the food he talked about. I found thisLeer más
Smile Lanna Hotel Chiang Mai
6 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
Our home for the next 3 days.
Happy Hour
6 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
This Hotel has a number of activities including Happy Hour from 2 to 4, we just made it. Tea and fresh fruit sitting in a lovely garden and bar.
Night Markets
6 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Tonight, we went to what is advertised as the largest markets in Thailand. I would beg to differ. They did not seem that big. Hardly any people, which was great and not much variety. Dinner was alsoLeer más
Wet morning in Chiang Mai
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Woke up to a rainy day, just what you don't need for a morning of visiting temples. We also get a new guide.
Temples
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
This morning we will be visiting 4 temples, Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Chiang Man, Wat Suan Doc. All these temples same but different. There are over 300 temples here many are privatelyLeer más
7 days of Buddha
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Traditionally it is believed that Buddha spent 7 days following his enlightenment thinking of the suffering of all living creatures and how unimportant his life was prior to reachingLeer más
Monday - Carol
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
The posture of the Monday Buddha is one where the figure is standing with its right hand raised at shoulder height with the palm facing out. It represents Buddha pacifying the relatives afterLeer más
Wednesday - John
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
The Wednesday Buddha posture is one where it is standing with both hands wrapped around a bowl. The statue signifies caring for others. While many initially believed that the statue illustrated aLeer más
Wat Chiang Man
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
This temple had paintings all around the walls depicting the stages of the of how the Prince became Budha the enlightened.
Wat Phra Singh
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
This temple had a display of bees wax monks which are incredibly lifelike, from outside the temple I thought they were real monks.
Wat Suan Dok
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Wat Suan Dok is one of the oldest temples in Chiang Mai. Created by Phaya Kue Na during the Mengrai dynasty. This temple was originally the Royal Park of the early Thai Lanna Kings.
I wrote ourLeer más
Around The Hotel
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Our tour today was only half day, so we have free time at the Hotel. So, we started with a short walk and then morning tea.
Poolside
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Lunch fish and chips and Quinoa Salad and then relaxing poolside reading.
Saturday Market's
7 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Tonight, we visited the Saturday Night Markets they were much better than yesterday's night market. They were busy with lots of stalls. We had dinner from street vendors and walked home.
Elephant Camp
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Today we are visiting an elephant camp where they look after mistreated and injured elephants.
Feeding the Elephants
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Being so close to the elephants was so much fun.
Jungle Walk
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Lunch Time
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Time for our lunch which included us cooking some of our own dishes. I made Pad Thai and John made the Papaya Salad.
Protein Mix
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
We then mushed up banana, pumpkin, salt , tamarind, cane sugar and rice with our hands and put the mixture back into the banana skin to feed the elephants some protein. Very messy especially with myLeer más
Health Check
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
In the Mud
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Wash and Scrub
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Goodbye
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Our day at the Elephant camp has come to an end it was so much fun.
A funny thing did happen an Elephant trod on my foot surprising it only hurts a little. No bruising yet but a slight throb.
Drive Home
8 de octubre de 2023, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
The drive home was just over an hour. At the Elephant camp the weather great however halfway home and it bucketed down, the traffic was slow, and the roads flooded. Once back at the Hotel the rainLeer más
ViajeroHow good to have such good guides for that chunk of your trip.
ViajeroMaybe he got his name Lid, for being “top” of his tour guide class. Or maybe he got the name from always taking home food in a take away container but by the time he got home the lid was removed and the food all consumed…