Nong Khai

Monday, January 27, 2014 After our morning coffee we headed to Sangkhom some 120 kms East. The view of the river from the road continued to be spectacular. And we made very good time on the excellent road. After reaching…

Phitsanulok

Saturday, January 25, 2014 We continued South in the direction of Phitsanulok. Along the way we had the good fortune to pass by Si Satchanalai Historical Park which is one of the “Associated Historic Towns” of the UNESCO World Heritage site…

Lampang

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 The short 90 minute drive from Chiangmai was easy and fast with dual carriage way over the mountains. We arrived in Lampang as the sun was setting. We headed to the Lonely Planet “Top Choice Hotel”…

Chiangmai Revisited

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 We headed back to Chiangmai to pickup our Myanmar visas and get our teeth cleaned. The road was again quite pretty and we had a short day’s drive arriving just after lunch. Finding accommodation proved to…

Pha Yao

Monday, January 20, 2014 Pha Yao is set along Kwan Phayao, a wetland (with artificially controlled water level, to prevent it from drying out in the ‘dry’ season), which makes for a very pleasant lake and ’embarcadero’. We arrived here…

Changrai

Sunday, January 19, 2014 The scenery here in the north continues to amaze us. Like yesterday, we drove at a leisurely pace arriving in Chiangrai in the early afternoon. This gave us plenty of time to walk around the city…

Tha Ton

Saturday, January 18, 2014 The road north from Chiangmai to Tha Ton is quite beautiful. We made a leisurely drive up and down the winding roads taking in the dense green forest lands. Our objective for the day’s drive was…

Chiangmai

We’d heard a lot of positive things about this city (Thailand’s second) and it lived up to its expectations. The old city is surrounded by a moat full of fountains. Ayutthay and Sukhothai are also surrounded by moats but both…

Pai

Monday, January 13, 2014 Pai is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Northern Thailand. Truly magical scenery. The drive from Mae Sariang was a delight and one of those iconic drives you hear about and really should do, especially if…

Mae Sariang

Saturday, January 11, 2014 After a birthday skype with Stephen’s mum we left Mae Sot towards Mae Sariang. About 48kms north of Mae Sot we passed a very extensive Burmese refugee camp. On either side there were army checkpoints. Access…

Mae Sot and Um Phang

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The road to Mae Sot was “exciting”. Steep-ish mountain roads, lots of sharp corners, pot-holes, uneven seal and all with large struggling trucks and the occasional crazy Thai suicidal driver over-taking on blind corners. Having said…

Sukhothai

Monday, January 6, 2014 Long drive to Sukhothai today. Along the way we stopped at Lopburi to see the local attraction and of course the monkeys. While heading North we saw quite a few police convoys heading South. Later that…

Ayutthaya

Friday to Monday, January 3-6, 2014 Approaching the UNESCO World Heritage City of Ayutthaya it dawned on me that I had actually been here before, albeit for a very short visit, in 2005, on a whirlwind trip to some cities…