My Happiness Project
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...
My Happiness Project
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...
My Happiness Project
Today I was pondering all the reasons why I enjoy spending my winters in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I have visited most of the other Asian cities in Asia and I’m always relieved to return to Thailand especially Chiang Mai. I walked to almost every where I need to go...
My Happiness Project
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...
My Happiness Project
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...
My Happiness Project
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...
My Happiness Project
As I had finished writing my post for today and elegantly presented lady in her sixties sat across from me. She explained to the waitress that she had send back a dish because it was too spicy hot and her stomach could not handle it. Somehow our eyes met and we...
My Happiness Project
Yesterday morning I arrived in Chiang Mai on the 6:15 a.m flight. It was the first flight in which I had flown all the way in Business Class. It made such a difference traveling with a business upgrade. It cost me 100,000.00 Aeroplan mile but it was worth every point...
My Happiness Project
This past week I booked a flight to Bangkok via Tokyo (Narita) . I had no problems getting a business class seat in the first leg of the journey but great difficulty getting a seat in the Tokyo to Bangkok section of the trip. Is this telling us that more Asian travel...
My Happiness Project
“Vilcabamba, Ecuador I mentioned to a Kiwi at the juice bar on the west side of the town square “is like New Zealand without the price tag.” He concurred with me wholeheartedly. He is a recent arrival within the past year or so. Gavin , another Kiwi...
