Day 3 of Northern Thai Trip: Maesa Elephant Camp

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Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip (Part 2): Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai and Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

Maesa Elephant is the largest elephant's home in Northern Thailand, in here elephants have been looking after very well.  With one mahout(trainer) for each elephant.  There is also a nursery for the elephants with high fertility rate, which is a good sign that the elephants are mentally and socially healthy.  For me, the elephants here look the happiest among any elephant camps that I have ever been before.  You can see when the mahouts take elephants to take a bath, elephant painting, dancing and also elephant riding. 

Elephant feeding

Elephant gives you a hat

Elephant bathing and pooping

By the way, there are a few ladies standing a few meters away from them at the downstream picking up elephant's poops.  So, no worries the river is clean.

Elephant painting



Elephant riding

 

Stay tuned for the next blog still in Chiang Mai:

Day 4 of Northern Thai Trip: Cook With Love, second time here!!

Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip (part 2): Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai and Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

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Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip: Charin Garden Resort and Wat Doi Suthep

I always love Chiang Mai, the cute cafés, beautiful view, nice weather and their lay back lifestyles.  However, you will not get this peaceful and quite atmosphere around new year holiday period.  It seems like all Thais and foreigners are poured down into this town, running away from Bangkok.  Heaps and heaps of people, especially in the night bazaar, we hardly can move nor browsing at the stalls.  I definitely prefer to be here on normal day.

 

Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai

22 Chaiyaphum Road, Amphur Muang, Chiangmai, 50300

Tel: (66) 053 251 531

 

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Day 3 of Northern Thai Trip: Maesa Elephant Camp

Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip: Charin Garden Resort and Wat Doi Suthep

Previously:

Day 1 of Northern Thai Trip (Part 2): Golden Triangle



 

The next morning, we continued our journey from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai.  In the middle between this two cities, there is a famous pie shop and restaurant, called Charin Garden Resort and Restaurant.  Wooden deck house by the river and in a quite garden.  They are famous with their sweet and savory pies.  However, the last time I came here, they have more cakes in house.  The restaurant is always busy, people are having lunch or a great place to stop over after a long drive.  



Macadamia, lemon meringue, and pumpkin pie

Hot spring

Not forget to visit this temple again and again everytime we are here in Chiang Mai, Wat Doi Suthep.  And usual, we will use lift to come up to the temple above, then going down by the stairs, which we found it's easier. 

Wat Doi Suthep

First time we reach the top of temple to see panoramic view

Charin Garden Resort
83 Moo 1, Mae Suai 57180, Thailand 

Tel: (66) 05 3717272

 

Stay tuned for the next blog still in Chiang Mai:

Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip (Part 2): Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai and Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

Hotel Veranda Chiang Mai - The High Resort

If you had enough of the hustling bustling city life or just looking for somewhere quite and serene, Chiang Mai also offer this kind of atmosphere.  Only less than 30 minutes drive from city to the outskirt and here it is a five star hotel ready to comfort you and your family and provide you with a total ZEN experience from the moment of your arrival.  The place we stayed is called Hotel Veranda, which is also belong to MGallery Collection.  The room is very huge, extremely clean and their service was excellent too.  An adequate kid's club also available here.  Not forget to mention about their hotel's food as well, it was outstanding.  It is like a one stop place for a complete soul and body rejuvenate.

Refreshing orange and lemongrass juice with warm towel  

Breakfast

Steamed bun with sangkaya

Hotel Veranda Chiang Mai - The High Resort - MGallery Collection

192 Moo2 Banpong Hangdong, Chiang Mai 50230

Tel: 053 365 007