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| Entertainment on the plane |
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| Stopover at bangkok late at night They have been amazingly good! |
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| Midnight and although tired.. it is Xmas! Not forgetting to wish one another Merry Xmas! |
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| D2: Xmas Day All fresh and ready to start our tour of Chiang Mai! |
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| Nice windows at the hotel (Kampaeng Ngam Hotel) |
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| Nice lobby area |
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| By the pool |
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| Family breakfast!! |
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| Outside the hotel waiting for our red truck (Song Thaew) to arrive |
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| Snack Break halfway up the mountain |
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| Noisy and happy times in the red truck! |
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| First Stop: BhuBing Palace |
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| Brian took close up pictures of all the beautiful flowers |
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| I love this shot! |
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| happiness when travelling with a big family! |
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| The cousins!! |
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| Nice place to stroll ard with beautiful flowers all ard! |
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| So much easier to take family photos when travelling with so many other pple! |
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| Brian kept himself very busy |
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| Coffee break near the entrance of the palace |
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| 2nd Stop: taking the lift up to the temple |
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| Wat Phra That Doi Suthep The story of this temple is that the King places a relic on a white elephant and released it into the jungle. The elephant is said to have climed up Doi Suthep, stopped, trumpeted 3x, then dropped dead. This is the site where the temple was constructed. Gotta climb 309 steps up if you do not take the lift |
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| Everything is golden |
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| His favourite fruit tree |
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| The view of Chiang mai from the temple |
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| Ringing the bells to get blessings! |
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| Snack time again Quail egg and coconut snack The Thais are really nice to children, gave us extra because we have a few children with us! |
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| Not our type of snacks |
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| Shopping for souvenirs |
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| Lunch in a very rustic place next to the chicken |
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| Chasing chickens after lunch |
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| 3rd stop: Huay Kaew Waterfall |
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| climbed up the waterfall |
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| A challenge for the children and they enjoyed it! |
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| The children requested to climb some more! |
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| While some of them rested here and waited for the children to join at the end! Photo with our driver |
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| Requested the driver to bring us to a big supermarket Stocked up all the possibel snacks |
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| Last Stop: Anusarn Night market nice place for food and shopping for craft pieces and souvenirs Not all the stalls are opened yet, hence we proceeded to have dinner first |
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| A cat nap while waiting for dinner to arrive Nice dinner here at an affordable price |
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| After the ladies did our shopping, the men also took the chance to enjoy themselves! An eventful day at Chiang Mai and a very different Xmas for us! |
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