4 weeks in Thailand – How much did we spend ? Finally our budget is more under control and looking like I’d hoped it would 6 months ago ! Before we embarked on this adventure I picked a ball park figure for our budget having absolutely NO idea if it would

Bed #42 Joy’s House at the Children’s Shelter Foundation, Chiang Mai We’re staying at Joy’s House in Chiang Mai for a week, Joy is a Thai lady who set up a foundation to help children from the Hill Tribes between Thailand & Myanmar. There aren’t any schools for the hill

Bed #41 Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai I think the Elephant Nature Park might be my favourite place so far ! We stayed at an elephant sanctuary and helped out with all the elephants who have been rescued, they all had horrible lives before they came to the sanctuary: in

Bed #40 Pak Chiang Mai, Thailand This small hotel is a traditional Thai house made of wood with tropical gardens, pagoda & fish ponds, they also have lots of birds so it sounds like you really are in the jungle, even though its actually inside the old walled city. It

Planes, Trains, Autos & Boats #33 Boating in Thailand Bangkok We took a really cool 3 boat tour in Bangkok, we started off on the big longtail ferry (about 100 people) that goes down the main canal through the centre of the city, Then we took a smaller longtail (5

Bed #39 Krabi Tropical Beach This is a pretty posh hotel compared to most of the other places we’ve stayed. Mama says its a “boutique hotel” which I think means small & posh. The hotel is in Ao Nammao, a quiet area which is kind of between Ao Nang &

Bed #38 Banana Garden Beach on Koh Lanta Island Koh Lanta Island actually felt like being on holiday ! We stayed at Banana Garden right on the sand at Klong Dao beach, we had a cool bungalow made of bamboo, it even had WIFI 🙂 It had 1 huge king

Planes, Trains, Autos & Boats #35 Tuktuks & Songthaews TukTuks In Bangkok & Chiang Mai Tuktuks are like 3 wheeler motorbikes with a bench behind the driver so 2-3 people can fit. In the south on the islands the tuktuks are more like motorbikes with sidecars so you sit on