The train wasn’t until 4.30 so I started by going to the Cultural Centre. It was open! And CRAP. Dioramas, some brief interpretation panels, and nothing much interesting. There was one difference from the Malaysian museums – an exhibits all about the King’s visits to Chiang Mai. After that I went to the gym for [...]
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The trip from Chiang Mai back to Bangkok
Posted by dkendon on July 16, 2011
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Chiang Mai Day 6 – Elephant Nature Park
There are a lot of elephant parks and schools available to visit around Chiang Mai. But be careful – check the conditions the elephants are trained and kept in. I chose the Elephant Nature Park because the elephants are free range, do not perform and are trained using positive reinforcement. The van picked me up [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 16, 2011
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Chiang Mai Day 5 – Cooking School
While in Chiang mai I had to do a cooking class, so based on tripadvisor I enrolled for a full day course at A Lot of Thai. I was picked up at 9.30 by a Kombi van – I knew this would be interesting. The cooking school is outside of a suburban house, under some [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 16, 2011
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Chiang Mai Day 3 – Mountain biking
Wanting to keep active I decided to go mountain biking with Mountain Biking Chiang Mai. The day starts with a bit of waiting while everyone is fitted with knee and elbow pads, jerseys, daybags, water, and finishes paying. Then we loaded in to some samlaws and drove to the top of the mountain (about 2000m [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 16, 2011
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Chiang Mai Day 2
I had figured this would be a wandering around day. I went to the cultural centre but it was SHUT! After that I passed several temples but they are quite similar. What surprised me was that the temples allowed souvenir sellers inside the grounds! I continued wandering to the northern edge of the old city [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 16, 2011
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