15 August 2016

Day 3 of Northern Thai Trip: Maesa Elephant Camp

Previously:
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
 
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12 August 2016

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

Previously:
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.




 
22 Chaiyaphum Road, Amphur Muang, Chiangmai, 50300
Tel: (66) 053 251 531
 
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11 August 2016

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

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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
 
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10 August 2016

Day 1 of Northern Thai trip (part2): Golden Triangle

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After passing Chiang Rai city, we then headed up to further north where the three countries meet: Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. 

Buddha statue next to Mekong River









In this triangle point, we can also across the river to visit Don Sao, a small province of Lao PDR.  Only a small market though, we didn't go too far.  However, it is an extreme market, beside selling Lao fabrics and souvenirs, they also selling animal infused liquor, if you guys interested. 












Nice lunch along the Mekong river
Stay tuned for the next blog still in Northern Thailand:
Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip: Charin Garden Resort and Wat Doi Suthep