Tag: thailand
Hansar Resort, Ko Samui, Thailand
We spent the last week of our Thailand trip on Ko Samui (or Koh Samui). The choice was between Ko Samui or Phuket. [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Chiang+Mai+Thailand&aq=0&oq=chiang+mai&sll=10.114556,99.829845&sspn=0.034855,0.055747&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Chiang+Mai,+Thailand&ll=9.564273,100.040388&spn=0.029623,0.043774&z=14&iwloc=A&output=embed&w=510&h=350] Hansar resort on Bophut beach (lying on the northern shore of the island) was our home for the week. The lobby area (if you can call it that) is open,…
Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
Sue loves spicy food and I like mine spicy as well as sour – we are manifestly fans of Thai food. One of the things we wanted to do in Thailand was to attend a cookery school. So we booked ourselves a full-day cooking course. The Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School claims to be the first such school…
Zipline through a Thai Jungle
Wikipedia describes zipline as a pulley suspended on a cable, usually made of stainless steel, mounted on an incline. It is designed to enable a user propelled by gravity to travel from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable by holding onto, or attaching to, the freely moving pulley. We have never done…
Roaming through the Erawen Musuem, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Bangkok was the second stop in our recent trip to Thailand. The Erawan museum is located in Samut Prakan, about an hour by train and taxi from central Bangkok. We went to see its renowned giant three-headed elephant statute. Many of the explanations below came from Wikipedia. The Elephant of the Universe. This three-headed elephant…