Category: chiang mai
Loy Krathong Chiang Mai 2008
This is a must time of year to visit the Tha Phae Gate in Chiang Mai to see the amazingly beautiful display of lights and candles of Loy Krathong. The actions peaks this year on November 12, 2008 when the moon is full. Do not miss this amazing festival in Thailand!
Read moreHousing Complex for Chiang Mai Police
Ever wonder where the many police in Chiang Mai live? You will never see this place on the tourist maps, however there is a large economy housing complex in the Nong Noy (Nonghoi) area where the police in the Chiang Mai district stay!
Read moreDumrong Yuttitum and Friends Law Office
Located in the Nong Hoy area of Chiang Mai, Dumrong Yuttitum and Friends Law Office offers both civil and criminal legal services to foreigners. You can find their office hidden away at 543/95 Karnkeha Nong Hoi Village, Chiang Mai-Lamphun Road, T. Nonghoi, A. Muang, Chiang Mai. Phone (053) 802128. Email: dumrongyuttitumlawoffice@yahoo.co.th.
Read moreNong Hoy Market
If you love authentic Northern Thai food, I strongly recommend you visit the Nong Hoy Market (Nong Hoi or Nonghoi Market), just south of the Holiday Inn Chiang Mai. For the past two days, I enjoyed some of the best tasting smoked Northern Thai sausages (Sai Oua) I have ever eaten. When in Chiang Mai [...]
Read moreLe Meridien Chiang Mai
The “new kid in town’, the 384 room Le Méridien Chiang Mai is in the heart of the Chiang Mai central business district with easy access to the Night Bazaar. I have not had a chance to stay at this property, but I have visited the lobby, and it is very nice. If you like [...]
Read moreS. K. Boutique Tailors
After a “not so good ” experience trying to to get the tailors of Fashion King in Chiang Mai to reproduce a simply shirt pattern, I found S. K. Boutique, 89/2 Changkland Road, Shop A109 in the Kalare Shopping Center (Kalare Night Bazaar). The owner, Raj, was confident his tailor could create a shirt from [...]
Read moreChiang Mai Food and Tourism Festival, October 9 – 15
The Chiang Mai Food and Tourism Festival, October 9 -15, 2008, is now underway at the Central Airport Plaza. Many well-known restaurants are featured at the festival. If you love Thai food and beer, this is a festival you don’t want to miss!
Read moreSuphat Embroidery Shop
After some bad experiences with a few tailors making custom labels for my shirts, I found a nice embroidery shop, Raan Supat, 44/8 Wiang Ping Road, Chiang Mai, 50000. They make the custom labels for my custom shirts for about 50 baht each, which is a bit expensive because I think I can get them [...]
Read moreLamphun Botanical Garden and Terracotta Arts
Folks in Lamphun, Thailand are developing a botanical garden on 150 rai (60.7 acres) of land. The project, still under development, features trees, flowers, plants and herbs from all over Thailand in a setting of traditional Khmer motifs cast in Lamphun terracotta. Here is a “first look” YouTube video. The video was shot on September [...]
Read moreOld Map of Lamphun Botanical Gardens and Terracotta Arts Region
Earlier we posted Lamphun Botanical Garden and Terracotta Arts and provided an early peek into this very large project, expected to be completed in 5 years. Here is an old topographic map from the Thai Royal Survey Department of the general area in Lamphun for Suan Mai Thai (Lamphun Botanical Gardens and Terracotta Arts).
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