MYANMAR : YANGON, BAGO, SIRIUM

Welcome to Yangon by Airasia from Bangkok airport, Yangon is not the capital city of Myanmar but Yangon is the center of Transportation of Myanmar. Yangon is not for past the way for traveler but here have many place for visit as the big pagoda "Shwedagon Pagoda"

Beauty land II Hotel, the budget hotel we choose to stay for this trip, the location is good near the Sule Pagoda, and closer with indian town and china town and Bogyoke Market, it easy to shopping and eatting.

We book room with breakfast, the room is ok, with air-condition Fan and TV with private bathroom. The breakfast is manything for eat brand, coffee or tea, pancake, banana, watermelon, fruit juice.

YANGON the old capital city and city of business, stay near Irawadee River, the old name is Dagon the old city since 2,500 year ago. Yangon is impointain town for goverment and business.

Shwedagon Pagoda, the story since 2,500 year ago, 2 guy Rmanishm who respect in buddha, they come to meet the Buddha for offer food for him, before they leave the buddha, the buddha give 8 hairs for them, when they come back, they build the big padoga to be memorial in the name Shwedagon Pagoda. The Shwedagon Pagoda stay on the center of Yangon city on the mountain high more then 100 mater, in side pagoda for keep the hair of buddha, the pagoda cover with the gold and top of pagoda decorate with 5,448 dimonds and mix with ruby, topaz and sapphire total 2,317 piece. The Mayanmarnish like to come to the pagoda for pray and relex. Everywhere in the Yangon you stay, you will see the Shwedagon Pagoda.

Botatown Temple, the old temple since 2,000 year ago, build for keep the past of buddha. The left side of the temple stay of the chapal on the river. There was stay of NatBoBoYi, the one godness favorite of Maynmarnish to come to pray to him, they believe that everything they ask to NatBoBoYi will appear in soon.

Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda, the chapal long 70 mater for cover Chaukhtatgyi statue of buddha. The big buddha statue is very big with sleep action, the highligh of big buddha statue is the eyes, it look sweet, it make from glass.

KaBa-Aye Pagodo, the one impointain temple of Yangon build in year 1950, there was stay of Maha Muni Buddha statue.

PraKeawKheaw Julamani Temple, the beauty Pagoda mix the art of Burma

Kandawgyi Lake,the big lake in the center of Yangon is the park for people to come to relex here, the big boat is the Kalawake Resturant. the traveler like to come to dinner and enjoy myanmar dance.

BAGO far from Yangon about 80 Kilomater, you can rent the taxi or take bus to come here.
Shwemowdaw Pagoda, the big pagoda of Bago, the favorite place of Myanmar to come to pray.

JaiKutWai Temple, the impointain temple for monk study, many young monk from all around Myanmar will come here to stay and study here, at about 10.00am you will see the many monk in the red dress walking come to Chapal for eat food, here you can give food to them and make merit and donate.

JaiPoon Pagoda, the old pagoda since 500 year ago, the different of this pagoda is the four buddha statue sit around the pagoda.

The Grand Palace of King BuLangNong, the old Grand Palace stay in the Bago town with the beautiful decorate.

 Yagon Market the big market at china town have many local food, fruit and manything can find here.

SIRIUM the small town far from Yagon about 2 hour , we went to visit the temple on the river

CHIANGMAI BOUTIQUE HOUSE : CHIANGMAI

Chiangmai Boutique House the new hotel area Chiangmai Gate, the hotel is beautiful decorator with glass coulor, the lobby with resturant in the first floor and the swimming pool at the center of the building,


I like this stay of the hotel , the right will open when I walking pass there, the room is not big but comfortable and beautiful, the shower room is beautiful too.

The area of the hotel is center of chiangmai town, near Chiangmai market and saturday night walking street.

RIM PAI COTTAGE

Rim Pai Cottage is a one big resort of Pai, there have cottage as Lanna style with nice decoration, the room with aircondition without tv, my room is closer with the Pai river , and i hear the sound of the river all the day and night, at the wall of the room have a big glass window to see the view of the river. The area of the resort is big and have many cottage around.

From the Rim Pai Cottage I can walk few mins to night walking street to eating and shopping

THE SMALL HOTEL CHIANGMAI

The Small Hotel Chiangmai stay in chiangmai town near Tha Pea Gate, there are nice location near the Warorot Market and night plaza, the hotel have 4 floor for guest and resturant on the top of the building , the small swimming pool is on floor 3nd,

The Lobby decorate as north style , and the room decorate the painting picture is Phathat Doi Sutep, the shower area is open slide window to bacony

Chiangmai - Pai

September 22-25, 2011 I come back again to chiangmai the nice city in the north of the thailand, this trip , I alway choose to travel with airasia, the low cost airline.

I reach chiangmai at noon, I went to center of chiangmai by red car to drop me at Thapea Gate and then I walk to area Warosot Market area , first day i choose to stay at The small Hotel, the nice hotel on the nice area near the market , it easy to find food

Next day I went to Arcate Bus station to go to Pai, the one nice distric of Meahongson, Pai is a small town in the nice view , there have many guest house and hotel the town pass with Pai River, I choose to stay with Rim Pai Cottage , the nice resort , my Cottage closer with Pai river

Next day I back to chiangmai by bus, I leave Pai at noon and reach Chaingmai 3.30pm and from bus station i use red bus around town to go to Chaingmai Gate and tonight i choose to stay at Chaingmai Boutique House, and today is saturday night , this area have night walking street at Wualai road.

Last day I leave Chiangmai to airport to back Bangkok by Airasia.

ChiangMai : Mae Rim District

The favorite way not far from Chiangmai town is Mae Rim District. On the way Mae Rim - Samoeng Road on the mountain , I can find many resort 2-5 star, many place for visit as king cobra show, Suanbua maesa Orchid. Mae sa water fall, Ethno-ecoagricultural Lielihood Conservative Group, Mae sa Elephant Camp, view point and rock town.

Today i will take you to see Dararatsami Palace & Museum, the old palace of Dararatsami Princes. Now there place is the museum for regard to her.

Then let go to Wat Ban Pha Darasasami, the one beautiful temple on Mae Rim District , it build for regard to Dararatsami Princes.

The last place is Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, the big garden build from Group of Queen Sirikit. There have big area and there is the paradise of people whoever love the tree. There have many kind of tree and take care by the people who live that area.

Chaingmai : Doi Suthep & Doi Pui & Phu Ping North Palace

Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep
My slowly life at chiangmai, this trip i choose to go to Doi Suthep, the buddhist temple of chiangmai, the name of the mountain it is located on. It about 15 km. from the town. This temple is the first temple we should come to regard whenever we come to chiangmai.

The climb is 309 step from car park to the top of temple, the golden chedi is middle of the area and visitor come to pray and walk around the chedi and pray.

Doi Pui

The Hmong Tribal Village is located on Doi Suthep. It over 4 km from Wat Pharathat Doi Suthep. we can visit Hmong house and we can see them life. They wear hmong clothes and do hand make and we can shopping there

Phu Ping North Palace

The one north palace of the king is Phu Ping, it is located on Doi Suthep too. Now there is open for ppl to visit and see the flower and around the palace.

Imm Thapae Hotel : Chiangmai

The one new hotel I choose to stay at chiangmai is Imm Thapea Hotel. My favorite, I like to stay with IMM Hotel (Imm chiangmai , Imm Sukhumvit and the last is Imm Thapea), all of IMM is good location and cheap and comfort.

The Imm Thapea Hotel is area Thapae Gate and in front of the hotel is Mc'donald, this hotel is very closer with the sunday walking street because it start at road front of the hotel,

There has 3 floor with one resturant, the first floor is not good becasue it is to noisy form breakfast, the room has superier and delux room, the different is size and refrigerator, some room has 2 bed for 2 ppl, some room has 3 bed for 3 ppl, some room have 2 bed with bunk bad for child for family.

The food is ok, full with thai and american breakfast.

Bussaba Bed and Breakfast : Chiangmai

This trip for visit chiangmai i choose to stay at Bussaba Bed and Breakfast, the small guest house at area river ping and closer the Kate Temple.

The area is middle town of chiangmai and comfort to go everywhere, we can cross the ping river to Warorote Market to buy the north food and not far to walk to Thapae Gate to shopping at the walking street sunday, and we can rent the bicycle to ride to the temple around the town of chiangmai for exercise.

The room with the bathroom and air-condition, TV. All room is different color, and the name of the room is the name of thai flower.

Paradise Island : Kho NangYuan & Kho Tao

This trip for Thailand summer we choose to go to Islands , Kho is meaning Island, Kho NangYuang and Kho Tao is the south of Thailand , Surattani, we start from bangkok at Khaosarn Road (Backpacker street) the bus at 9.00pm by Lomprayah company to Chumporn and connect to High speed Catamaran in the morning at Tungmakhamnoi pear. The High Speed Catamaran take time about 1.30 hour we arrived to Khao Nangyuan, the paradise island.

Khao Nangyuan is private island there have only one resort is Nangyuan resort, there have room with air-condition or room with fan and resturant and snockering and scuba driving. We purchase package for 1 room 2 night with 6 time food, 1 trip snockering, bus and boat for go and back.

Kho Nangyuan have 3 islands, the big island mountain is Zone A, the middle island is resturant and beach , and i stay the 3rd island, it the view point mountain, our room is K8, The room is on the mountain with the view of the pear and Khao Tao.

At the night and morning the first island zone A, the way will cut by the sea, but they have the boat for service, the sand is so white and clean. If you not rent the room here you can come for the sun bath go and back but the fee for Thai is 30 baht and Foreigner 100 baht, but dont allow for go area guest room.

The food at Kho Nangyuan is ok , but not to much seafood, because it package and the food is buffet.

The second day we and another guest of resort go to snockering at Khao Tao, about 5 bays for snockering , but i think it about 90% for life under the sea is died from the world hot. At noon we go lunch at Kho Tao and walk around then we come back to snockering at Japanish garden at Kho Nangyuan, it very beautiful. The life under the sea is full and still alive.

The last day from package Nangyuan island we wait the free boat(3 time per day) go the Kho Tao, Kho Tao is very big island and many resort for stay, we choose to stay OK II Bangalow, the area is shark bay,

From the Tao pear , we go the OK II Bangalow by pick-up car taxi it about 200 baht, the OK II Bangalow is closer the sea at the shark bay, this bay we can see the shark by snockering, The room at OK II Bangalow is nice view the room with double bed for 2 ppl or tripple bed for 3 ppl, there is not for comfortable life , there no TV , no air, no wifi but there for simple life only , we can relex by snockering, reading, swimming

The resturant is high step and very nice view, you can see the view with dinner, the food is ok and not to expensive.

Kho Tao is comfortable island , many shop , many resturant and many hotel and guest house. There have bar and beach for sport too, you will comfort if you stay this island.

We stay here 2 night and Back by High Speet Catamaran at Kho Tao pear 10.00am and take 1.30 hour to Tungmakhamnoi pear and connect by bus to bangkok and we reach Khaosarn Road at 9.00pm.