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Day 6- Chiang Mai- Dawn with the Priests and Night with the Lady Boys

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 …

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Day 5- Encounters at the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary

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 …

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Day 4- Bangkok to Chiang Mai- What’s Cooking?

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 …

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Day 3- Bangkok and Ayutthaya- Rough Night

At 6:30am John and I were sitting outside our hotel waiting for our tour bus. We didn’t sleep last night because we were still jet lagged and at about 3:00am some very drunk locals gathered just below our window and were laughing, screaming and some woman was braying like a horse. Note to self: next hotel I’ll request a room far away from the street. Our hotel otherwise is …

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