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Chiang Mai's Llana Folklore Museum

March 01, 2020

The Llana people consist of the tribes who inhabited the north of Thailand from antiquity. The Siamese inhabited the south. The Llana Folklore Museum in Chiang Mai is one of the most beautifully laid out museums we have seen anywhere. And unlike some of the more idiotic museums we've been to (for example, the Angkor National Museum in Siem Reap), you can take all the pictures you like. Below is my photo gallery from the Llana. And listen here to a display of Llana musical instruments and the sounds they make. To perform the Nail Dance, women wear iron nail extensions on four fingers of each hand, and dance to the music of flutes and drums.

Day 14 - Chiang Mai

February 21, 2020

This was a day for shopping and eating, both by day and by night. The Warrarot market across the Ping River from 137 Pillars House, was teaming with vendors of food, flowers and everything else a tourist in Chiang Mai could want. Here's one of my favorite street vendors. "How much is that doggie by the bead bins? I do hope that doggie's for sale -- and that you will give me a good price." Then there was this back-backer after my own heart, Who has devotep recious space in his pack to his juggling clubs. I'm assuming that he and his girlfriend are walking across southeast Asia, paying their way with his guggling, while she passes the hat. Or maybe she's the juggler, and he kindly agreed to carry her clubs. By 6PM, the Night Street Walking Market comes alive, as crowds mill about amidst the stalls and the wats. And as a treat, in the square before the entrance to the Chiang Main Youth Marching Band was performing in style . . A

Day 13 - Chiang Mai

February 20, 2020

We checked out of the Dhara Dhevi immediately after breakfast, and by early afternoon we were quite happly ensconsed 137 Villas Hotel, much closer to the center of Chiang Mai, and much more comfortable. A wedding took place in the garden area while we were there. Greeting for the wedding guests After lunch we toured the Pra That Soi Dutemp temple, with both Hindu and Buddhist themes,,, And watched the Naga devour its own... Before ending the day at the Buddhist temple Wat Suan Dok. Featuring also this charming Rapunzel fountain figure in the garden

Day 12 - Chiang Mai

February 19, 2020

Morning flight to Bangkok, afternoon flight to Chiang Mai, check in to the Dhara Dhevi Hotel. When we arrived at the Dhara Dhevi hotel (chosen more or less by lot from the two that were recommended by the high-end travel agent we used for our previous RTW voyage), we were stunned and horrified. It got worse when we saw the “rooms”, first the villa we had been assigned, and then the suite where we ended up staying the first night after rejecting the villa. It’s hard to put the reasons why into words, but this video of the suite should suffice. Add in that the premises were enormous (golf-carts to get around), the hotel is a 20-mintue drive from the centre, and we only saw two other guest during the 28 hours we spent there, you may get the picture. We went to bed determined to switch hotels first thing in the morning.

Siem Reap Gallery