One morning our friends watched Mara and Beckett so Chuck and I could explore the old city and visit some of the more famous wats. One of these was Wat Chiang Man. Wat Chiang Man was built in 1297 as the first temple of Chiang Mai. The temple is famous…
Durian. Aka the “King of Fruits”. Aka the “Stinky Fruit”. The descriptions precede this fruit. The fruit, despite being very popular to eat in Asia, has been banned from many public places including public transportation. I’ve heard the smell compared to stale baby’s vomit, rotting corpses and a sewer. So…
When we arrived in Chiang Mai, we saw fish spas around town. Upon telling the kids what it was about, they both wanted to do it and harassed us repeatedly till we did one. I found one shop near the Tha Phae Gate on the eastern wall of the Old…
One of the things I wanted to take the kids to was a silk factory. Funny enough, the materials I’m using to homeschool actually talked about silk in Asia and how silk is made. So I was able to tie a trip to Thai Silk Village into an educational opportunity…