In early October, we did our second border run to the Myanmar border at Mae Sai, which is about 4 1/2 hours from Chiang Mai. We drove up to Chiang Rai the first day, then planned to do our crossing on day 2, hit the Monkey & Fish Cave right…
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Recently a 3D art museum called Art in Paradise opened in Chiang Mai. The pictures people posted on TripAdvisor looked pretty cool so we finally went to check it out for ourselves. It’s not cheap especially for Thailand standards: 300 Baht ($10) for adults and 200 Baht ($7) for kids. …
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Chuck went to the meditation retreat the week before I did and had such a good experience that it seemed like I should go too. So the following Tuesday, off I went. At the beginning, you sit in room and learn about Buddhism and some basics on meditation and how…
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Sadly we had to deal with Mara’s first love and first heartbreak all in a single day. Her name is MaeKwan and she’s an Asian Elephant that Mara got to take care of for the day. Leaving her at the end of the day was such heartbreak for Mara and…
