Archive for the 'Thailand' Category

Waterfall in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
After we visited the rice farm and that uncomfortable ride in a buffalo cart, we travelled up into the mountains to visit the beautiful Khao Yai National Park. As we drove through the rainforest we were on the lookout for various animals, like elephants and tigers. We didn’t see [...]

Buffalo cart ride in rural Thailand
During my bus tour of eastern Thailand our guide had arranged for our bus to stop at a small farm. The farmer had kept several working buffaloes and we had a half hour cart ride through the rice fields on his farm. Even though there were some cushions to sit [...]

Market place in rural Thailand
On my second full day in Thailand last December I went on a full day bus tour to the Khao Yai National Park. This tour I had booked over the internet before leaving, not knowing for sure whether it would be worth doing. As it turned out the day was [...]

On the afternoon of my first day in Thailand I arranged to go on a river cruise. I was able to arrange this through the travel agent in the hotel lobby, which was very convenient. The company also picked me up from the hotel, and delivered me back when the tour was over.
A temple in [...]

In December of 2005 I experienced my first ever trip overseas. I was on my way to spend time with my daughter in Nepal and had a four day stopover in Bangkok, Thailand. This was an enormous cultural shock for a first time overseas.
I came into the city from the airport in the dark. It [...]