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Photo Friday: Scenes from Rural Thailand

By on December 14, 2012 in Chiang Mai, church, mountains, photo friday, small town, Thailand, travel, volunteering

TweetI was finally comfortable in Chiang Mai when it was time to leave for the mountains. I packed up my sleeping mat, took some medicine for my swollen lip and piled into Bill’s pickup truck for the bumpy drive into the no-name villages of Thailand’s north. Although I had spent plenty of time in desolate [...]

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Favorite Travel Memories: Chiang Mai

By on September 3, 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, travel tuesday

Tweet The aisles of the night market, selling goods on the steps of the temple I had already spent almost two weeks in rural Northern Thailand when I got back to Chiang Mai just in time for the Sunday Night Walking Street market. Unlike the touristy Night Bazaar, which happens every night, the Sunday market is mostly locals. [...]

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My Thai Soul Sister

By on July 21, 2010 in Chiang Mai, friends, RTW, Thailand

Tweet Nueng swinging at one of the villas at the Mandarin Oriental Chiang Mai Every time I travel, I meet someone I feel like I’ve met before. Were we friends in a past life? This particular person and I met one day when I just wanted to crawl in a hole and die. I didn’t [...]

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Thailand’s Forgotten Children

By on July 13, 2010 in Chiang Mai, love, RTW, Thailand, volunteering

Tweet I wrote this in my journal one of my first days in the mountains and decided it might make a good post. When you see images of Thailand’s youth, it’s probably promotional photographs of smiling clean faces found in Bangkok or other more affluent areas. That’s not what you find here. Past the skyscrapers and [...]

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Same Same but Different

By on July 9, 2010 in adventure, cheap, Chiang Mai, food, RTW, Thailand, travel, volunteering

Tweet Our house in Muang Na When the rooster crowed at 5 a.m., I found myself wondering, “How in God’s name did I end up here?” But I knew how. As a travel junkie, I’ve stopped turning down trips. I will go on any and every trip suggested to me, which is why I woke [...]

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To Book or Not to Book?

By on June 29, 2010 in Chiang Mai, hotels, Thailand, travel

Tweet So my disk drive is broken yet again, thus making it impossible for me to get the second half of my Thailand pictures, but I wrote this essay about my thoughts on a gorgeous Chiang Mai hotel. Scroll down to the bottom for details on my giveaway. Captivating grounds. Two full sized pools, a [...]

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