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On the morning of the 26th (mind you, morning as in 4:30 AM) I realized that my Bangkok escapades the night before were not the wisest. The flight that Jeff, Jason and I took from Bangkok to Chiang Mai coudl have possibly been the worst flight of my life. To begin with, the flight was late. To get to the plan we had to get on a bus and drive to it. We literally drove in a whole circle and ended up 50 yards from the original terminal...for some reason we drove an addtional 10 minutes what could have taken less than a minute. Then on the airplane the intercom was loud and scratchy and gave you that feeling of when nails scraped on a blackboard. All this plus a little drunk/hungover....makes you think about things the next time you have an early flight! Regardless we made it to beautiful Chiang Mai.
My home in the Mountains
Casey Lary2006-02-20 15:18:35
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On the morning of the 26th (mind you, morning as in 4:30 AM) I realized that my Bangkok escapades the night before were not the wisest. The flight that Jeff, Jason and I took from Bangkok to Chiang Mai coudl have possibly been the worst flight of my life. To begin with, the flight was late. To get to the plan we had to get on a bus and drive to it. We literally drove in a whole circle and ended up 50 yards from the original terminal...for some reason we drove an addtional 10 minutes what could have taken less than a minute. Then on the airplane the intercom was loud and scratchy and gave you that feeling of when nails scraped on a blackboard. All this plus a little drunk/hungover....makes you think about things the next time you have an early flight! Regardless we made it to beautiful Chiang Mai.
Out of all the places I visited in Thailand I would probably say Chiang Mai (tied with Koh Tao) is one of my favorites. It is this total Bohemian/hippy feel. I did not make it to Pai but heard good things about that place too.
Up in the hills closest to Chiang Mai...so pretty!really cute hotel called the Riverview Lodge. It was right next to the river and had this family feel. I would highly reccomend it to anyone (kudos leah!). After that we did not waste a moment. We hired a driver and were on our way to an elephant camp to watch the elephant show and ride them. Originally we thought about doing some type of trek, but through our guide Ketsara and our handy travel book, often those elephants are mistreated and the treks are much too touristy. Ketsara reccommended the camp we went to because the elephants were treated better. I forgot how much I love elephants. The are the greatest things in the world. The are HUGE!!! I could not stop smiling the moment we got there. The trainers of the elephants (forget their official name) rode them around, although it did not seem so much of like master vs elephant. They acted like friends.
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