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Tag Archives: Chiang Mai

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 ↓

Getting an Indian tourist visa in Bangkok

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

Like many long term travellers, we had been planning to get an Indian tourist visa in Bangkok – at least for 3 months if we couldn’t score a 6-month one.  More… →

Posted in India, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged 2015, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, India, Thailand, visa | Leave a reply

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