Taipei Confucius Temple; Bao’an Temple
As in Singapore and Thailand, my guidebook and walking tours app suggest temples should be a major theme in Taipei. This morning, I visited two:...
Nimmanhaemin Road; Buak Hard; Wat Phuak Hong
This morning was lazy. I thought it only fair to follow it up with a not-quite-as-lazy, but still lazy afternoon in Chiang Mai. I visited...
Wat Suan Dok; Not the Chiang Mai Historical Centre
This was another lazy morning in Chiang Mai. That was the plan, so it was as it should be. However, it was a bit lazier...
Ping River Cruise; Wat Sri Suphan
You might remember from the post about my first morning in Chiang Mai that I failed to take a cruise on the Ping River for,...
Wat Phra Singh; Wat Phan Tao
This morning, I said today would probably be a busy mishmash of activities. It didn’t quite turn out that way. This afternoon I visited two...
Talat Warorot; Ping River; Wat Chiang Man
Today will probably be a busy, hodgepodge of a day in Chiang Mai, but I’m not sure. I wrote this first paragraph while sitting down...
Choosing Chiang Mai
I left Bangkok and I’m now in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Why choose Chiang Mai, you ask? I flew all this way and spent all this...
Jim Thompson House
After my market morning, my first visit this afternoon was to the Jim Thompson House. But wait, you say. Jim Thompson doesn’t sound Thai. What...
Golden Mount; Thailand’s National Museum
I got a little watted out yesterday, so I branched out today, although Buddhism did still play a role. Truth be told, I tried to...
Wat Arun, Wat Traimit, Kuan Yim Shrine
Getting from where I had lunch this morning near Wat Phra Kaew to my first afternoon stop, Wat Arun, involved walking to a nearby ferry...