After almost a week in Bangkok taking in the sights that I’ve not seen on my previous two visits there, I’ve since been enjoying the stifling weather on the various islands in the South East of the Gulf of Thailand. Check out my thoughts on the capital – same same but not quite like this. […]
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Pilgrimage for Visakha Bucha, Buddist holiday
I’ve been a little way laid in Chiang Mai for almost 3 weeks now… and there is definitely more to come back for another day. There seems to be numerous festivals and events that take place in Thailand’s second largest city and I was lucky (my feet didn’t think so afterwards!) to stumble across one […]
Jera Thai massage course, Chiang Mai
Thai massage is an intense and sometimes painful experience, which somehow left me feeling energized. It’s a bit like yoga, but more like someone doing yoga to you, “Yoga for lazy people,” I read somewhere, and which sums it up nicely. There are several variants of Thai massage, although only 2 main streams: the ‘northern’ form is traditionally […]