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Category Archives: Thailand

Homeward Bound

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

For the first two years of the trip we had assumed that we would be flying home from India.  With four departure points to choose from it’s fairly easy to More… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand, UK | Tagged Airnb, cathay lounge, Derby, flight, Reading, Suvarnabhumi airport, Thrifty | Leave a reply

Getting Around Bangkok

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

The good thing about getting around Bangkok is that there are so many options, and local transport is extremely cheap compared with western countries.  The biggest problem is the traffic, More… →

Posted in Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged Bangkok, boats, ferry, Saen Saep, taxis, transport, tuk-tuks | Leave a reply

Bangkok – the last stop

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

We’d been quite fussy about choosing a place to stay in Bangkok as we wanted to end the trip on a high note.  It would be the hottest time of More… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand | Tagged Bangkok, fakes, MBK, metro, Paragon, Rama 9, saen saep ferry, shopping, skytrain | Leave a reply

Chiang Mai – outing to Doi Suthep

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

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… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand | Tagged Bhubhing Palace, Doi Suthep, gardens | Leave a reply

Hmong New Year Festival

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

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… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand | Tagged Chiang Mai, costumes, festival, hilltribe, Hmong, Thailand | Leave a reply

Bo Sang – the umbrella village

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

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… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand | Tagged Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, umbrellas | Leave a reply

Chiang Mai life

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

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… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand | Tagged Chiang Mai, Rimping, Thailand, Warorot market | Leave a reply

Settling in to Chiang Mai

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

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… →

Posted in Journey log, Places, Thailand | Tagged Chiang Mai, Doi Ping Mansion, Perfect Homes, songthaew, Thailand | Leave a reply

How to get a Chinese tourist visa in Chiang Mai

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — 23 Comments ↓

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… →

Posted in China, Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged application, Chiang Mai, China, consulate, visa | 23 Comments ↓

How to Extend a Thai Tourist Visa in Chiang Mai in 2016

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — 2 Comments ↓

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… →

Posted in Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged Chiang Mai, immigration, Thailand, visa extension | 2 Comments ↓

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