We are currently in the Chiang Mai airport waiting for our flight to Surat Thani. We found out more about the late King. At his death on October 13, 2016 he was the longest reigning monarch in the world (70 years). Queen Elizabeth is second at 65 years. He worked nonstop to make life better for the Thai people and created many programs including one that changed opium growing fields …
We rose at 4:30am. Our hostess had given us our breakfast the night before so all we had to do was heat it in the lobby’s microwave. We were picked up at 5:00am by Sipohn from www.untouchedthailand.com and drove for about 40 minutes up a mountain. As we drove we could see the lights of Chiang Mai far below us. All was still dark when we arrived. We then …
Read moreDay 6- Chiang Mai- Dawn with the Priests and Night with the Lady Boys
I finally slept like a log and woke to a chorus of melodic birdsong…and John brushing his teeth. Our breakfast was beautifully presented with John’s rice sculpted into a dolphin shape and mine a flower. A truck showed up at 8am and we got into the back. After picking up a few others, our party consisted of a couple from Paris, three other people from Toronto, one from Montreal …
We rose early and had breakfast at our favourite breakfast place. Our hostess took our picture again. She says that that is how her boss keeps track of how many and what kind of customers they have. We took a cab to the airport at 7:00am, which gave us plenty of time to catch our 10:30am plane to Chiang Mai while travelling during rush hour. Flights within Thailand are …