Comments on: In Search of Suntans and Solitutude: A Trip to Chiang Rai

By: How I Scored $1,500 in Free Hotels

How I Scored $1,500 in Free Hotels — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:17:07 +0000

[…] day into Chiang Rai town. Our first two nights we headed there for dinner and to get massages and peruse the famed night markets. During the day we stuck to the resort and enjoyed our enormous room and balcony, worked out in the […]

By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | The Great Escape: Month 19 Roundup

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:29:11 +0000

[…] I was so in love with the hotel my sister and I stayed in in Chiang Rai — and I felt like such a travel bad ass for getting […]

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:52:14 +0000

In reply to Claudine. I always wonder how they get the dogs to sit still for that! My cocker spaniel would have none of it :)

By: Claudine

Claudine — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:56:43 +0000

In reply to Alex. They do the same thing in South Korea. They even dye the dog's fur (usually the ears) into bright colors.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:26:11 +0000

In reply to Jemma. I don't know what it is about small town Thailand... people love to dress up their teeny dogs!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:22:44 +0000

In reply to Sebastiaan. The biking was the highlight of Chiang Rai for me! Stay tuned :)

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:22:17 +0000

In reply to Kristen Noelle.

See the green thing wrapped around my pillow? It’s my sarong… wasn’t ready to let my face touch that 😛 That room was a bit below my normal comfort level but I was just coming off some major luxury so I had some resistance built up 🙂

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:18:03 +0000

In reply to Melanie Fontaine. Thank you so much for such a lovely comment Melanie :) I really do actively try to stay positive and see the bright side of things. Sometimes I fail miserably, but mostly it feeds off itself and comes easy!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:16:36 +0000

In reply to Sam.

I will not lie to you — there was one anguished full body collapse in the middle of a dirt road, in which I’m sure all the other travelers assumed I’d just gotten the news that one of my immediate family members had passed.

… I did nothing to dissuade them from that though. I really needed their pity at the moment!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:14:26 +0000

In reply to Sarah Somewhere. The bike tour I did (plus the Le Meridian, of course!) totally made the trip worth it! Highly recommend it if you are ever back in the area!