Category Archives: Culture

Northern Departure

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Eddie

[dc]R[/dc]eturned to Chiang Mai on Monday, after a most relaxing and enjoyable week-plus in Chiang Rai. As I’d slept most of the way, I had not realised, on the north-bound trip, how beautiful is the ride between Chiang Mai and … Continue reading →

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Partly-Cloudy Mountain Hop

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Eddie

Could I just interject with a statement; to clear up any confusion and/or uncertainty which may yet persist in re this important matter? FUCKING MOTORCYCLES ARE FUCKING ÆVIL, MAN. Okay, that off my chest, let’s continue. [dc]C[/dc]oupla fine day-trips have … Continue reading →

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Will The Real Chiang Rai Please Stand Up?

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Eddie

[dc]A[/dc]s of Friday night, my first day in Chiang Rai, I was of the belief that I had unwittingly stumbled into an yet-undiscovered durianopolistic paradise. For, it had been on that night that I had eaten the very greatest Durian … Continue reading →

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The White And The Black

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Eddie

Part I: Cobra-Snake For A Necktie [dc]W[/dc]oke the dimpled ass up early on Saturday, my first morning in Chiang Rai, to get a bicycle and wheel it up to the tantalisingly-monikered “Black Temple”. If one would recall my having, whilst … Continue reading →

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Temptress Of The North

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Eddie

[dc]A[/dc]lready at my fourth different guest house since arriving in Chiang Mai! Told before now of the first night’s debacle. Although the staff at the next seemed fairly aloof, I liked the space quite a bit; and ended up serving … Continue reading →

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