Family Tour: Temples of Si Satchanalai Historical Park – Day 11 – Trip April 2012
This day we went a little further north, towards the historical park of Si Satchanalai, about 50km from Sukhothai. The main part is slightly smaller but
Family visit: visit to the heart of the historical park of Sukhothai – 10th day – Trip April April 2012
For this day we were waiting for the visit of the historical park of Sukhothai, a park that I had just visited with Jitima last July, that did not prevent me from
Family tour: discovering the northern area of Sukhothai Historical Park
In this second part of the day we therefore join Lampang to Sukhothai, a journey of about 3 hours (and a few), without counting the stops obviously. The timing was relatively good because we
Family visit: stop at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang – Trip April 2012
For this day on the road our destination was Sukhothai, but having Lampang included on the route we made a small detour to Wat Phra That Lampang Luang before
Family Visit: Day Visit to Elephant Nature Park
Picked up around 8am, we will pick you up directly from your hotel (indicated at the time of booking). Time to go around the hotels of the other customers plus others who arrived directly from the station and we left for the park around Mae Taeng, an hour north of Chiang Mai.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
The first thing you see when you arrive is the food reserve, here there is enough to feed the elephants for two days.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2"]
Overview of part of the park.[/caption]
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The day begins after a briefing on an elephant feeding session.[/caption]
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Snack.[/caption]
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The park also serves as a shelter for dogs.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
After the elephants it will be our turn to eat.[/caption]
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This one is in bad shape...[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
At the table![/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Lots of choice, that's a well-stocked plate.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Now it's bath time.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
There's one who seems to be happy about it.[/caption]
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The park is clearly popular as there were a lot of people there (it's a shame, I would have preferred it to be a bit more "intimate" but so much the better for the park which obviously needs funds to maintain all these people)[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
It's a bit like the "Songkran" of elephants.[/caption]
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Hmm... bon appétit, we had indeed been told that dogs like fresh elephant poop (only).[/caption]
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After a while it's not just the elephants who get sprayed.[/caption]
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Myself in action.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
A latecomer.[/caption]
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That's some posing![/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
These people will go into exile for a little while.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Calm has returned.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
We return to the observation post.[/caption]
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Construction of “scrapers”.[/caption]
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Solo bath.[/caption]
Family visit: journey between Nan and Chiang Mai
Continuation of this 7th day with the Nan – Chiang Mai journey, a road which takes us down to cross the mountainous roads of the north of the country.
Family visit: visit to Wat Phra That Chae Haeng near Nan – 7th day – Trip April 2012
I had originally planned to go to Lampang to a center that is a hospital for elephants, my parents wanted to go see elephants in a different context than the walks and
Family visit: wandering around Nan
This is a day where I would have difficulty defining where we went. First, we returned to the Pua area before returning to
Family visit: return to Nan – 5th day – Trip April 2012
The continuation and end of this 5th day while we are back on Nan, we take the time to visit a village in the surroundings, which has a temple
Nan: Family excursion to Doi Phu Kha National Park
The continuation of our 5th day in the Nan mountains, which took us to Doi Phu Kha National Park, northeast of the city.
Family visit: visit to the old temples of Nan – 5th day – Trip April 2012
This day should take us to one of the national parks in the surroundings of Nan. For this day, it was the Doi Phu Kha national park north of Nan,
Family tour: from Phitsanulok to Nan – 4th day – Trip April 2012
This 4th day takes us from Phitsanulok to Nan, our main destination for the next few days. The journey takes us along secondary roads in order to better enjoy the scenery, this
Family visit: Phitsanulok – 3rd day – Trip April 2012
This 3rd day marks the departure for the trip in the north of Thailand, more precisely in the region of Nan, with for this day a first stage in
Family visit: two-day memory in Bangkok (2012)
Here we go for a month of vacation. 4 weeks of traveling throughout Thailand, in the north by car (more than 3000km covered!) then the south