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  • Chiang Mai’s Women Prisoners Massage for Travel Photo Thursday

    Welcome to week 213th (02/05/2015) of Travel Photo Thursday. . Have you ever been massaged by a female prisoner? No? Well, come to Chiang Mai, and you can do just that. The Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution vocational facility runs a popular restaurant and massage facility staffed by prison inmates. The program offers training, and…

  • 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…