A digital nomad family on a gap year travel adventure
We spent two amazing weeks exploring Chiang Mai with our 5- and 7-year-olds, and could easily have spent much more time in this incredible city. Here’s our list of the top ten things to do with kids in Chiang Mai: 1. Tour the Temples …
A large part of the reason that we elected to stay in the Nimman district of Chiang Mai was our Airbnb’s proximity to some great street food, cafes, and restaurants. Here are a few of our favourite spots: Kao Soy Nimman Kao Soy Nimman …
A very real consideration for travellers coming to Thailand is the best way to pay for purchases while you’re here. Most night markets, street vendors, and restaurants require customers to either pay in cash or use a QR code payment tied to a Thai bank …
For this post, we are going to start off with an unpopular opinion: if you are only going to see one temple on Doi Suthep Mountain, it should be Wat Pha Lat — and not the much more popular Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, a.k.a. …
Today, we visited the Kerchor Elephant Eco Park just outside of Chiang Mai, where we did mahout training to learn how to feed, bathe, and care for elephants that had been rescued from inhumane conditions — working in either the logging or tourist trades here …
We don’t think that we can say enough positive things about our Airbnb in Chiang Mai. It feels like a home away from home. It’s just what the doctor ordered after our month in Bali in an open air villa that was much more exposed …
Having now had a proper chance to settle into our new Airbnb in Chiang Mai, we’ve started to reflect upon what has changed about the city since the last time we visited it twelve years ago. Chiang Mai has certainly had a bit of a …
Last week, we finished up the first leg of our trip in Bali and moved on to our second stop: Chiang Mai, Thailand. We had been to Chiang Mai once before — on our honeymoon 12 years ago — so we were interested to see …
Travelling with young children is always going to be more challenging than without. But yesterday, as we relocated from Sanur, Bali, to Chiang Mai, Thailand — with about 12 hours of travel time, which included a 2.5 hour stopover in Bangkok — we were very …