The city of Bangkok has something different and bizarre to offer in every place you look.  We stumbled by a Shell gas station, as typical looking as any one you would see in North America or other parts of the world.  It had two rows of pumps, an overhead roof and a main building where [...]

We have seen small pickup trucks converted into taxis. They have a small metal roof overhead of the truck box and the tailgate is kept down with two make shift seats on each end of it. The inside of the box has a bench seat along each side. I really don’t think the seats on [...]

We have developed a love/hate relationship with this city. We were told that Bangkok is a great place to use as a base for traveling. It truly is. We ended up coming back to Bangkok six different times. Sometimes we stayed for a few days in between traveling to other places. Other times it was [...]

We made our way from Krabi to the island of Lanta, or Ko Lanta as it is called. Ko means island in Thai. There are two Lanta islands. Ko Lanta Yai and Ko Lanta Noi. There is no tourism on Ko Lanta Noi. It was a 45 minute ride from Krabi to the first ferry [...]

From Bangkok we flew to a small town in southern Thailand called Krabi. It’s approximately 1000 km’s south and has a population of only 20,000. It was a refreshing change of pace from Bangkok. Krabi is very laid back and the people are extremely friendly. Many travelers  just pass through Krabi on their way to [...]

We took a ride in a van for about one and a half hours outside of the city of Chiang Mai to get to the park. It was nice to get outside of the city see what rural Thailand looks like. We arrived at the park at about 11am. The park is situated on a [...]

We urge anyone wanting to go to an elephant park to do their research before they go. Many of them are exploiting these endangered animals.  They have elephant shows forcing them to do stunts and tricks. The animals are often extremely mistreated and overworked. The Elephant Nature Park is where we chose to go.  You [...]

Chiang Mai Is A Place You Might End Up Staying Longer Than Planned We ended up staying another 5 days in Chiang Mai after returning from the Elephant Park. It’s just one of those cities you can get caught up in and end up staying longer than you planned. We spent some days just wandering [...]

We made reservations at the Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center. The price is about $10 per person (320 baht each) This includes return transportation from your hotel in Chiang Mai as well as dinner and an evening of Thai dancing entertainment. You can’t beat that price for an evening out. We arrived at the center [...]