Value Living in Chiang Mai

I began my trip in 2011 to Chiang Mai by patronizing a restaurant called ,”Juice4u” but after I had a meal of yesterdays food uncooked was dumped in front of me I went across the street to Dada Kafe. Juice4u has been around in many incarnations for the...

Four Days of Rain in Chiang Mai

After four days of rain in Chiang Mai, we had a cloudy but cool day. Today , hurrah the sun came out and all is well in the Kingdom again. During this time of the year the sun can become a bit oppressive so the rain is welcome but after three days it feels like it is...

Leaving Chiang Mai after Ten Weeks

On Tuesday I take a 9 p.m. flight to Bangkok . At 1 a.m. I board a Thai airway flight to Shanghai arriving at 6:30 a.m. where I have a 13 hour wait for my 7:30 p.m flight to Toronto. I was originally booked to fly to Tokyo. At the moment , all flights from Tokyo to...

Thailand on 1000 Bahts a day

As I was walking home from the health fitness centre in a five star hotel back to my guest house for which I pay less than 8 dollars a day, I was thinking ,that of all the money I have spend this month, my 999 Baht or about 30 Canadian dollars is one of the best value...