Chiang Mai – outing to Doi Suthep
We’d been meaning to go up Doi Suthep ever since we got to Chiang Mai (the looming green mass to the west of the city is pretty hard to ignore), More… →
Author Archives: Mrs Vagabond
Hmong New Year Festival
If I hadn’t followed a Facebook group for expats in Chiang Mai, I’d never have known about the Hmong New Year festival taking place for Chiang Mai’s hill tribes. I More… →
Bo Sang – the umbrella village
A village dedicated to making umbrellas – crazy, huh? They’re not even very useful umbrellas since they’re made of paper! Bo Sang lies out on the eastern fringes of Chiang More… →
Chiang Mai life
About a week after we moved into Doi Ping Mansion, the residents’ Christmas party took place. Food contributions were invited, but it seemed that drink would be provided – sure More… →
Settling in to Chiang Mai
Once again Air Asia proved the cheapest way to get from A to B, in this case Kuala Lumpur to Chiang Mai, in half the time and at half the More… →
How to get a Chinese tourist visa in Chiang Mai
Getting a Chinese tourist visa in Chiang Mai I originally planned on getting our Chinese visas in Hong Kong – it was supposed to be quite easy. But then I More… →
Self-Catering in Australia
How to save money by self-catering in Australia When I was first estimating the likely costs of our Australia trip I allowed AU$50 per day for food for the 2 More… →
Flight sites – Why I book direct with the airline
A while ago I tested some of the many flight search sites that are on the internet. Some were dire and some useful, but none was great to the extent More… →
How to Extend a Thai Tourist Visa in Chiang Mai in 2016
Visa regulations in Thailand seem to change every other month, the official government websites are not very informative even when they are in English, and each immigration office seems to More… →
Renting short term accommodation in Asia
Renting holiday apartments and cottages in Asia When you’re travelling long term, hotels, guesthouses and restaurants pall after a while. I may not be the world’s greatest culinary enthusiast, but More… →