Best Ways to Get around Chiang Mai: The Best and the Brave

Transport options are plentiful in Chiang Mai, but which is the best? Well, I just got home from an outing in Chiang Mai and I feel like I’ve just sucked down two packets of Camel unfiltered...

Travel Tips: Amsterdam

Although flights from UK airports to Amsterdam can be fairly cheap, accommodation is tyically expensive. Even Air BNB's in central locations can start from £80 per night. For good deals on...

Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai bus schedule

Bus depart from the Bus Terminal 1 (see map below). Prices are the following: VIP bus: THB258, ~2h50 1st class bus: THB166, ~3h15 2nd class bus: THB129, ~3h30

Where to Go in Utrecht with Kids

Utrecht is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands and offers lots of things to do and see when visiting with kids. We lived in Utrecht for a few years and, along with our children (two boys...

Chiang Mai in 3 Days – Experience the Culture Capital of Thailand

If something was built in 1296, we can hardly call it “new”, but that's what “Chiang Mai” means- “New City”! Mangrai, the legendary King of the Lanna kingdom changed his capital many a...

Must Do in "The North of Thailand"

There were two things I wanted to do in the North. First one was the Yee Peng-festival: been there, done that. The second one was doing a loop in Thailand with a scooter. There are several loops...