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Category: Chiang Mai

  • Chiang Mai: Somphet Market for Travel Photo Thursday

    Welcome to week 212 of Travel Photo Thursday. Join me on a photographic journey of one of Chiang Mai’s smallest (but perhaps, liveliest) traditional markets; Somphet Market. Locals come to gossip, purchase local fruit and vegetables, sell their goods, and rub elbows with the tourists dropping by to experience the real Chiang Mai before heading…

  • Chiang Mai: Wat Ket Karam for Travel Photo Thursday

    Wat Ket Karam Wat Ket Karam is one of over 300 temples you’ll find in and around Chiang Mai. I have not made it my life mission to visit everyone, but I do enjoy a quiet wander through those that cross my path. This Travel Photo Thursday (our 211th) come with me to Chiang Mai’s…

  • Happy New Year from Chiang Mai for Travel Photo Thursday

    Welcome to our 208th week of Travel Photo Thursday, and Happy New Year! Since arriving in Thailand I have literally not stopped. I have loved every minute of the last 2 weeks, and now I’m looking forward to a couple of days of relative solitude. I took this shot earlier today at the Chiang Mai…

  • Chiang Mai Food — Thai Style Chicken Noodle Soup For Foodie Tuesday

    Chiang Mai Food — Thai Style Chicken Noodle Soup For Foodie Tuesday

    I arrived in Chiang Mai a little bleary eyed after wandering the corridors of Bangkok’s airport for 7 hours waiting for my Chiang Mai connection. Let me tell you that airport takes on an entirely new look after 1am. You’ll see mostly prone bodies wrapped up in whatever is available, eyes shrouded from the light.…