Value Living in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai, Thailand was recently voted by International Living as one of the seven places on the planet that they recommend for retirees. I have been coming here for the past twenty years to escape the Canadian winters and for several years to escape the Japanese...

Meeting new people in Thailand

Today , I met two new people. The first was a Chinese woman from China. Her name is Winnie. She is 34 years old and owns her own company producing LED lights. She is staying at my guest house. As I went down stairs to go for an errand she was at a table on her...

Weather Changes

I have been coming to Chiang Mai ,Thailand for the past 20 years . This year I arrived on Jan 3rd. The weather was the coolest and most agreeable in twenty years. Two days ago it changed. It is very nice in the mornings, late afternoon(after 4 pm.) and during the...

The joys of meeting interesting Travellers

For the past two weeks I have been meeting interesting new people here in Chiang Mai, Thailand. At first I had been bumping into friends that I made last year- Martin, from America(have not met Martin from Switzerland yet), Richard from Canada, and Patrick from...

Thai massage in Thailand

Yesterday, I had my third Thai massage since arriving 5 days ago. It was excellent as I expected to be as it was at the Loh Kroh school of massage in Chiang Mai. It was one of the teachers. Her name was Na. She told me she remembered me from when they were at their...