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17/4 Moo 6, Mae Puka, Sankampaeng, Chiang Mai, 50130, Thailand
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Flowers carved out of ordinary soap!
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Hi,
has anybody ever been at the elephant nature park (www.elephantnaturepark.org)? Is ist worth to stay there over night (costs 160 USD...)? Or is it just an elephant park with good advertising :-)?
Thanks for you help!
Don't know anything about elephant nature park but 160USD definitely expensive.
We visited Elephant conservation centre in Lampang (not far from Chang Mai) in Feb.
Stayed 3 nights and did a mahout training course. Cost about 4000 bhat which is around $100.00 for the whole three days including accommodation and most food.
Highly recommend it.
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If you need any further information please just ask.
Val
I came across this stone flour grinder in one of the villages. I thought it was quite interesting so I gave the handle a push and some leftover flour started falling out of the bottom and the pigs came a running!! They knew the grinding sound would produce some food for them. So I asked one of my buddies to take a photo for me. The snooting sound that the pigs made had us laughing so much that the kids came over to see what we were laughing at.
The Sunday Market starts around 2pm and lasts until about 10pm with local craft persons operating stalls along Ratchadamnoen Road plus around Tapae Gate. The street is blocked off from traffic so there is plenty of room to walk. Unlike the sellers on Chang Khlan Road, who peddle many fake designer goods, excellent handmade items are displayed and sold.
This buffet of nothern dishes provides an excellent introduction to Northern Thai / Lanna cuisine. At the doorstep of restaurant, you are required to remove your shoes and deposit it at the counter. You will be ushered to your table or you can find a good spot near to the stage. There are no chairs for table, you have to sit on a platform and lean on a triangle cushion. Please feel comfortable. Waitress will be walking around to add your dishes. Once the show has commenced, lights will be dimmed. Be there early to enjoy both the Lanna cuisine and cultural show. Please note that you have to pay extra for some beverages ordered. There's a photographer going around to take your photo and sell to you as souvenir item.
Description of show:-
Pratheep Dance
Fawn Darb Swordmanship
Fawn Sao Mai
Hill Tribe Dancing
Fawn Tee
The Kingkala Bird Dancing
The Tea Leaf Picking Dance
Klong Sabatchai
Ramwong A typical Kantoke dinner includes five main dishes:-
Pork curry with garlic & ginger
Minced pork with tomato & chilli paste
Pork crackling
Minced pork, chicken, fish or beef
Spicy northern pork sausage
Please note that the dishes might vary from restaurant to restaurant.
The Sankhampang Hot Springs are about a 45 minute drive from Chiang Mai on Highway 1317. The drive there is lovely and very pretty with views of the mountains and rice paddy's. The roads are good and well sign posted so it is very easy to find.
This place is so beautiful, everything is well maintained and we ended up spending a couple of hours here. The park is about 35 acres and extremely popular with locals, we were the only westerners there.
The temperature at the source of the springs is 100 degrees centigrade and there is a small canal that leads from this and goes through the park. There are signs up along the canal telling you the temperature as the further away from the source the cooler the water is.
There are lots of places to sit with you feet in the warm water or do as the locals do and lay down in it! There is also a naturally heated covered swimming pool which you can use for a small charge.
Plus there are camping sites, cottages and spa treatments as well
The entry fee was 40baht and you can buy a basket of 4 eggs (with a small vial of soy sauce) for 20baht to cook in the Hot Springs.
Of course I did this and was really looking forward to eating the eggs but yuk, the yolk was cooked but the white was all runny and slimy still and that was after 15 minutes of cooking.
Oh well it made for a nice photo.
There are lots of little food and drink stalls here plus a big restaurant.
More Hot Springs Photos Here.,
A competition was held for people who wished to exhibit their flowers and plants. There were all genera of plants on display from Thai Orchids to Cactus. Some of the displays rivalled the floats in the parade
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