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Keen to escape at least some of the English winter, we happened across some cheap flights on Thai from LHR to BKK. Of course, virtually immediately after we booked, the hot topic in the news the devastating flooding in Thailand but as or intention as to focus upon the north of the country we just crossed our fingers and hoped for the best. As it happened, when we left on 6th December, the worst of the flooding appeared to be over, however when checking in online for our flight I noticed that more than half of the previous weeks flights had been cancelled! When we boarded the plane we were astounded at the lack of passengers – a whole 747 for probably less than 100 people. Virtually everyone had a row to themselves! Business and First Class accepted, this was one of the most comfortable flights we have ever taken, an old plane with no seat back entertainment but the extraordinary amount of space more than compensated. The sad fact of this is of course that the lack of traffic from Europe in this, the peak season, must be devastating for the Thai tourism industry.
Arriving in Suvarnabumi in the afternoon we connected with our Air Asia flight to Chiang Mai with plenty of time to spare and arrived at our B&B, The 3 Sis later that the evening. http://www.3sisbedandbreakfast.com/ is a pleasant, mid-market place in nice quiet location just 10 min walk to the Tha Pae gate and directly overlooking Wat Chedi Luang and a. Spacious rooms, decent bathrooms and pretty good breakfasts we were only staying for a couple of nights before heading off for our cooking course.
By the time we arrived, it was around 8.00pm so after a quick shower we had a worded with the 3 Sis manager for restaurant recommendation and he sent us off to Huen Phen which was a 5 min walk around the corner. It was a very atmospheric place, although that night it was pretty empty. We opted for the "Khantoke" set dinner, a sort of tapas presentation of 5-6 different curries and dips served with sticky rice (white and purple) and a side order of Som Tum. We made sure to ask for both to be spicy and they certainly obliged. A few Beer Leos and back to the 3 Sis to get over the jet lag – chili and alcohol always seems to work for me!
The next day we set off exploring the old city and to source a SIM card for the BlackBerry. We found the main AIS office and it was a relatively quick and painless process to get up and running for both data and phone. I had opted for AIS upon the recommendation of Hanuman and it proved to be an excellent recommendation – great coverage and reception just about everywhere we went and the speed of browsing seemed to be equivalent to that at home (many thanks H!).
A little later we found the office of Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School - http://www.thaicookeryschool.com/ and arranged for them to collect us the next day to commence our course. We had approached this and a number of other schools but this one stood out head and shoulders above the rest in terms of helpfulness and response time via email. The really seemed to go out of their way to answer the many questions I had.
The school offers a range of 5 beginners and master classes all with different menus and activities on each day. After some pre-departure discussion with the school, we decided upon 3 beginner's classes and 1 master class.
The beginner's courses started at 10.00 and finished at 16.00 with a number of breaks throughout the day to consume the results of our labours! The day would commence with an "activity" which, in our case was a visit to the local market, a lecture on ingredients, their uses, preparation and alternatives if we can't get them back home (very useful). The final activity was vegetable carving at which Carolyn was adept but for which I clearly lacked the necessary skills/aptitude. The format of each day was broadly similar. First, a demonstration of each of the courses was provided in the air conditioned demo kitchen with theatre style seating and an angled mirror on the ceiling so everyone gets a fantastic view of the demo. Once the demonstration is over we go outside to our own work stations to create the dishes ourselves. There are plenty of instructors and assistants around to provide additional help and guidance when needed. The instructors are really great – entertaining as well as good teachers. Pon particularly, who looked after us throughout our stay and "Big Momma" ( a bit like the Singapore TV chef Nancy Lam on speed). A number of the sessions each day were taken by the master chef himself Sombon Nabnian – a great character with a fantastic, laid-back sense of humour. Each day we cooked 6 dishes to make up a complete meal. With so much food throughout the day, we certainly didn't feel like eating in the evenings.
Each day there were around 12 – 15 people on the course, many there for just a day others returned for several days and some, like us were staying in Sombon's home, but there was plenty of space for more students so it never felt crowded in the slightest. The course are held at the specially designed and built open air school adjoining Sombon's lovely home out at Doi Saket , about 15 mins from the centre of town. Most people either came for one day only or for a few days but stayed in the city. We had chosen to stay at the home stay in Sombon's home and were really glad we did. The bedrooms are all very large and well furnished and you effectively get the run of the house and beautiful gardens – the breakfasts, as you would expect, are amazing and vary from day to day. Pon is a sort of Mr Fixit and offers to run us anywhere we want to go in our spare time. Nothing is too much trouble for him. On our first night we had our gourmet dinner party accompanied by a Japanese lady who was staying for the same 4 days as us and an Australian couple who were leaving the next day. The food was fantastic and each dish was accompanied by an explanation by Sombon which, all in all made for a great evening.
One evening Pon runs us into town for our complimentary massage and to visit the "Saturday Walking Street" (transport was provided to take us anywhere we wanted to go) The walking street is alternative to the now huge night-market area which now appears to be selling only tacky souvenirs and tee shirts. The walking street (there is another bigger one on Sunday held in different streets). At 7,00pm when we visited it was very, very busy but the quality of merchandise was much more interesting, varied and better quality than the night market. We spent a couple of hours there before dinner at Aroon Rai a very old established, family run close to Tha Pae Gate. The food was really excellent, especially the Khao Soi (a Northern Tha Coconut curry soup with noodles and chicken) and Gai Phet Krabpao (chicken with chili, garlic and holy basil. We end the evening with a few beers at Pinte Blues Bar on Thanon Moonmuang. I have wanted to visit this place for years. It is very small and simple but places amazing music all night long with occasional live performances (sadly not when we were there). Simple food, cold beer all surrounded by black and white photos of all the blues greats from Robert Johnson & T Bone Walker to Jefferson to Eric Clapton and John Mayall – my idea of musical heaven!
On our final day the school driver took us back to the airport to collect our rental car for the next stage of our trip and we drove back to Doi Saket in plenty of time for our Master Class with Chef Sombon himself at 4.00pm. This class took a different format it was very fast paced and geared towards cooking for a dinner party (and indeed, by the time we had finished there was probably enough food for 12!). We had chosen a menu no. 4:
Mixed vegetable soup with prawns.
Jungle curry pork (curry without coconut milk).
Steamed snake head fish with a chili and lime sauce.
Stir-fried prawns with asparagus.
Spicy beef salad Thai Style.
This time, rather than "demonstrate and then do" Sombon took us through each dish, step by step creating each dish from the basic ingredients (including pounding away in a mortar and pestle for ages until the curry pastes had achieved a smoothness acceptable to Chef!). With Sombon's guidance we managed to complete all the dishes to arrive on time and then sat down to eat them. If I do say so myself, this was one of the best Thai meals I have eaten in a long time and a vast improvement on anything we had cooked before back home. The only problem was the vast amount of food we had produced! Totally impossible to eat all of it !
This has been a fantastic experience and we really have learnt a tremendous amount, not only about cooking Thai food but also about Thai cuisine in general. We will be sad to leave tomorrow.
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Cooking in Chiang Mai & Driving Around Northern Thailand
Keen to escape at least some of the English winter, we happened across some cheap flights on Thai from LHR to BKK. Of course, virtually immediately after we booked, the hot topic in the news the devastating flooding in Thailand but as or intention as to focus upon the north of the country we just crossed our fingers and hoped for the best. As it happened, when we left on 6th December, the worst of the flooding appeared to be over, however when checking in online for our flight I noticed that more than half of the previous weeks flights had been cancelled! When we boarded the plane we were astounded at the lack of passengers – a whole 747 for probably less than 100 people. Virtually everyone had a row to themselves! Business and First Class accepted, this was one of the most comfortable flights we have ever taken, an old plane with no seat back entertainment but the extraordinary amount of space more than compensated. The sad fact of this is of course that the lack of traffic from Europe in this, the peak season, must be devastating for the Thai tourism industry.
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Wonderful info thanks for posting hope folks
start returning in droves soon to help the Thai
people.My wife has me booked for Eastern Europe
or I would be hopping a plane right now for some of
that yummy thai green curry.
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Glad to be of help with the SIM card! We just returned from CM today but sadly we did not go there for vacation. However, a month ago we were there for a week of R&R during the flood and found many new unique places so I wish I had shared with you while you were there.
For the UK I think sea bass will make the perfect substitute for the "snake head"!
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great report...what were the costs for the school and the B&B?
happy new year
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Wonderful report - looking forward to more.
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Oh I am so glad you used that cooking school. That is the one we used in CM and we loved it, in fact it was the main reason we originally went to CM.
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Hanuman - I agree that Sea Bass would be a good alternative or maybe "Vietnamese River Cobbler Fish" which is now becoming widely available here. Thai ingredients are becoming a little easier to source with Thai owned supermarkets opening up in a few towns. Ingredients can be expensive though - I mentioned to one of the instructors that we had to pay £4 (200 baht) for a green papaya and she thought I was crazy!
Bob - I am remiss in not outlining the prices (will try harder in future lol). The beginners course are 1450baht per day with reductions for booking more than one day. Master's Classes are 3000 baht, again with reductions for multiple days.
The stay and study option was very good value starting at Single = 4,990 Double = 5,990 for one day with discounts for multiple days. We paid around 22000 baht for 4 nights accomodation, 3 beginners and one master's class (includes free transport, excellent large room, free transport, 1 massage and a free apron).
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sounds like an affordable and great experience...
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We first did this trip back in Dec 2003, the year of the Tsunami. As every tee shirt on the loop proclaims ther are 1864 bends on the MHS loop as the road winds through the mountains. We enjoyed it immensely the first time and were intrigued to see how much, if anything had changed. The first thing we noticed as we drove out of Chiang Mai through the Mae Rim valley was the increased development, an indication of how much the Thai economy has powered ahead over the last 10 years, and the increased road traffic. As we drove towards Pai we quickly appreciated that this would no longer be the leisurely drive through the countryside it once was! However, as we continued away from Chiang Mai the traffic eased in volume but the proportion of lunatic drivers and kamikaze motorcyclists on the road remained astoundingly high! A few miles later and my Thai driving skills had returned. It seemed much safer to adopt the "when in Rome" approach to driving.
Our original intention had been to spend a night or two in Pai. The last time we were there it was a sleepy little town and we stayed in a place called Belle Villa amidst the mist covered rice paddies – very peaceful and atmospheric. Pai has grown – a lot! The town which once hosted just a few restaurants, unusual shops and a resident community of farang hippies is now home to dozens and dozens of tourist shops selling mostly "I've been to Pai" T shirts. Apparently it is now THE day trip destination for domestic tourists from Chiang Mai and elsewhere. We saw very few foreign tourists but that was probably down to the flooding in Bangkok. We decided just to have lunch and move on to Soppong. I will not go into detail here but the lunch, tasty though it was, in what seemed like a very nice restaurant proved, a few hours later, to be a huge mistake! Thankfully by the time this became evident we had reached our next destination.
En-route we stopped at a number a places to take in the stunning mountain scenery which was as unspoiled and as breathtaking as we remembered. At one place we stopped at a small roadside market to view the wares of the Karen villagers at the same time as a group of monks arrived to distribute sticky rice and sweets to the children – I have never seen kids move so fast!
By mid- afternoon we had arrived in the small market town of Soppong and sought out the Soppong River Inn http://www.soppong.com/ a Thai/American owned place overlooking the river just off the main street. We had a look at the room ( a nicely furnished wooden bungalow in the gardens for 1200baht) and decide to stay for a couple of nights as there is a lot to see in the area, in particular, one of the largest cave systems in SE Asia. We have a quick look around the town before heading back to the guesthouse. Still suffering from the lunch in Pai, I forego dinner at the River Inn which is a shame as Joy, the owner is noted for her culinary skills, but Carolyn opts for a light supper of a local noodle soup with pork balls and declares it to be outstanding.
The next day is market day when the people from the surrounding villages in the area come to town to sell their produce and get their supplies. This really is a local market with some very "unusual" stuff for sale and is very colourful. The people are all very friendly and keen to stop and have a chat (good job I brushed up on my Thai before we came). After browsing the market we decide to pay a visit to the most famous cave complex in the area , THAM LOT. We turn up at the national park office and hire the (compulsory) guide for 200bht which includes a bamboo raft trip along the very shallow river through the cave complex. I have seen a lot of caves in many parts of the world and this, was really quite impressive. Not the largest by any means but quite pretty with loads of stalactites and stalagmites and a few coffins! At sunset each day the colonies of bats inhabiting the caves apparently make quite a sight as they leave their home each evening in search of insects. Well worth a look if in the area.
After a delicious dinner cooked by Joy, we retire for the evening ready for our drive to Mae Hong Son the next day. I would highly recommend Soppong River Inn as a place to stay on the loop. There are a wide variety of rooms at different prices, ours was very comfortable as I am sure, are the others. Joy is a mine of information and the food is outstanding.
The next morning we leave for Mae Hong Son, again stopping at various places of interest along the way. Part of the joy of travelling in this area is just to stop and admire the scenery. In 2003 we rarely saw another vehicle, now it is definitely a little busier but still a very pleasant experience. The problem is not so much with the volume of traffic Which is still quite light on most of the loop) but the frequent encounters with the aforementioned lunatic drivers hurtling around sharp bends on the mountain roads often on the wrong side of the road, usually on the phone and always with a complete disregard of anyone's safety including their own. It only takes a couple of near (very!!!) misses before we begin to assume that there will be some around the next bend driving on the wrong side of the road and drive accordingly. Is there any sort of driving test in Thailand?
Arriving in Mae Hong Son it is good to see that the town is much as we remembered. We are once again staying at the Fern Resort http://www.fernresort.info/index.php which is about 6 km outside of town. There are a few more bungalows this time around but it is still as nice as we remembered. It is based on the concept of Community Based Tourism i.e. involving the local people in the running of the resort and operating it on what seems like good Eco credentials. The bungalows are well appointed and comfortable and spread throughout the wonderful gardens and rice paddies. There are streams everywhere so you are never too far from the sound of running water. No TVs in the rooms so it is really quiet and peaceful, definitely a place to enjoy nature at its best.
One of the many delights of staying here are the walks through the forest and hills which surround the resort. We opt for the long loop walk which is about 9 km through the forest and although quite steep in many places, the walk takes us across numerous streams to a number of beautiful waterfalls and look out points to see the surrounding mountains. A couple of the bridges across the river have collapsed but it is easy enough to scramble across the rocks to ford the river. The Fern dogs will guide you along the walks if required, although in 2003 they got us lost and we ended up walking closer to 20 kms!! This time, despite sleeping right outside our door every night the dogs really were not up for the walk on the day we went so we went accompanied only by the hand drawn map produced by the resort (a human guide is also available if required). If staying here I would highly recommend this walk.
MHS town itself, although larger than Pai, is still relatively unspoiled by tourism. It has a pleasant enough night market around a pretty the lake in the centre of town with some very good food stalls around the lake area – had some great Som Tum and grilled chicken livers one night as well as some other stuff which I couldn't even identify but was delicious all the same! One evening we had dinner at Salween River. a small, highly recommended restaurant. It has moved from the address shown in the guidebooks and is now at the top of the road overlooking the lake. The food was absolutely superb. THE best Khao Soi (Northern Thai curried noodle soup) that I have ever tasted all the dishes we sampled were of a similarly high quality. Probably the best place to eat in the town.
Another evening we wander around the small night market, walk around the lake in the centre of town alongside the two Wats – Chong Klang and Chong Kham which are beautifully lit at night and very atmospheric. After grazing at the food stalls for dinner of Som Tum, Grilled Chicken and Dosas we have terrific foot massage provided by the students from the Public Health College – fantastic value at 75baht for 45 mins.
The main reason to visit the area is to get out into the countryside either on day treks which we opted for, or on overnight trips of up to a week. The trekking here is much less commercialised than Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai and is often promoted via community based projects involving the local minority peoples. The trekking operators here tend to be much more sensitive to the needs of the communities involved and far less intrusive. There are however, still a number of operators promoting trips to visit "the long necked women/giraffe women etc." referring to some Karen people which persist in adding brass rings to the necks of young girls pushing down the shoulders, giving the impression of a long neck. Not wishing to help perpetuate this barbaric practice we avoid these places like the plague, instead opting for trips into the hills and countryside and hills using maps and predefined walks.
One trip definitely worth making is to Wat Doi Kong Mu atop a hill on the outskirts of the town. It can be reached by car up a winding road but we decided to park up and climb the 300 steps to the top. The views are spectacular over the town on one side and the Burmese border and mountains on the other.
There is a lot of other stuff to do in MHS and its environs – rafting on the river, elephant rides etc. are easily arranged or simply driving around the countryside to some of the villages.
On our final night in Mae Hong Son we decide to try out the restaurant Bai Fern –The best known and biggest restaurant in town. It looks very nice from outside but as we are led to our table we realise that it is a massive place and, judging by the diners sitting at long tables, clearly aimed at package bus tours. The service is appalling and the food barely adequate. I mentioned this to someone who appears to be the manager but he is not really interested so we head off back to Fern Resort. Apart from this teh food we have eaten in MHS has been really very good. Not a place to return to I feel.
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Thanks for a great report. We will be doing the MHS loop in a few weeks and your experiences are god to read.
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Having spent 4 days enjoying the Fern Resort and the delights of the surrounding countryside, it is time to head onwards along the loop back to Chiang Mai. Our next stop is Mai Sariang, a small riverside town close to the Burmese border. It is also close to a number of refugee camps and is home to a number of foreign NGOs. (We had tried to get a posting here when working with the UK voluntary agency, VSO but ended up in Sierra Leone instead!. )It is very much a working town and the last time we were here there were few concessions to tourism and even fewer places to stay. Tourism is still in its infancy but appears to be developing fast with a few more choices of accommodation and yet more being built. We stop at small development of 5 or 6 newly built bungalows on the main street close to the river and negotiate a very nice room for 700bht.
By the time we have dumped our bags etc. it is late after noon so we decide to take a stroll over the bridge in the centre of town and along the opposite bank of the river. Although still in this small town, we take a step back to a more rural Thailand. We meet a woman herding goats along the riverbank as the sun sets – really quite tranquil. A bit further along we come across a massive pile of bones. On closer inspection these appear to be the bones of freshly slaughtered cattle (in some cases the horns are still attached to the skulls!) not sure why they are here and there is no one around to ask (even if there were, I am not sure my Thai language skills would be up to that conversation!). On our way back we stop and have a look around a couple of Wats. Mai Sariang seems to be the place just to wander around aimlessly soaking up the chilled out atmosphere.
Walking back into the town we decide on dinner at Inthina, a small local place on the main street close to the market. On our way there, a food street had been set up. We cruised for a while, sampling a few appetizers from the stalls along the way. The grilled chicken livers in honey and soy and deep fried chicken feet were especially tasty. There is a huge variety of very tempting and sometimes unusual food on display but few places to sit so we move on to Inthina. It is a basic looking family run place with at least four generations working that night. We ordered two mains and some rice. A good job we did not order more as the portions were enormous. The food was excellent, particularly the stewed pork curry with herbs and astoundingly cheap at around 40-50 baht per dish all rounded off with a couple of beer Chang.
We rise early for a wander around the morning market and, tempted by the delicious aromas, we at a market stall on bowls of brown noodle soup with stewed pork knuckle – again delicious and a diversion from the ubiquitous Ba Mee Naam or Kuaytiaw Naam – this one is heavily flavoured with star anise. On our way back to the bungalow we stop at the Black Ant coffee shop overlooking the river for a cup of excellent local coffee.
Fed and refreshed, we head off for our final destination on the loop, Doi Inthanon National Park. As we leave Mai Sariang the scenery gradually becomes less dramatic – the hills are smaller and the bends in the roads more widely spaced. We make good time on our journey south and stop for lunch at a small town just outside of Doi Inthanon National Park. We find pass a very old lady grinding away at some Som Tum in a mortar and pestle and stop for two plates – again amazing food and amazing value. It does seem that some of the best food we are finding on this trip is at some of the least impressive looking places.
As we leave town after lunch, we start to ascend into the national park itself and the road becomes ever more tortuous, tight bends and steep hills all the way until eventually we reach some sort of high plateau with great views of Doi Inthanon, some 30-40 kms in the distance. All the way along the road there are market gardens growing everything from tomatoes, fruit and potatoes to flowers and salads – anything suited to the more temperate climate at this altitude. The driving for miles through these market gardens becomes much slower as we get stuck behind trucks piled high with loads of melons and cabbages crawling up the hills.
Eventually we reach the main gate to the park and decide to carry on up to the summit and the two massive stupas one each built for the king and the queen to celebrate their 60th birthdays. The views here are spectacular and already in the late afternoon it is getting quite cool so we continue on to the National Park headquarters to find some accommodation for the night. There are basically only two places to stay in the park, the government run headquarters accommodation and the rooms at Uncle Daengs Birds Visitors centre close to the Park headquarters.. I had called ahead and checked that Uncle Daeng had a room so we checked in to what is best described as a basic but comfortable room before heading off to the local market which is selling a variety of souvenirs for the day trippers from Chiang Mai and a huge variety of dried and fresh fruits. We buy some semi-dried and fresh strawberries, both of which are superb.
A short walk back to Uncle Daengs to get dinner before the kitchen closes at 7pm. We choose a selection of dishes and a couple of beers. The food is good but as the restaurant is open air and it is now getting very cold, it is not too long before the food gets cold and so do we. After chatting with the extended family for a while we decide to retire to the "comparative" warmth of our room. Despite, the altitude and the fact that it is always cold at night, there is no heating in the room. As if to reinforce the fact that it is cold, there is a thermometer in the bathroom???. A glance reveals that it is now down to 6 degrees C so we don our thermal underwear and get under the covers for extra warmth. In the morning the thermometer reveals that the temperature in the room has dropped to 2 degrees. We haven't been this cold since we camped up in the Andes!
The next morning we head straight off along the road to Chiang Mai through the park making a few diversions to view some of the many waterfalls for which the park is famous. At one, there are a number of food stalls and the aroma of barbecued pork proves irresistible so we stop for a breakfast of BBQ, pork, sticky rice and a variety of (very hot!) chili dips. It really hit the spot!
We have been very impressed with our visit to Doi Inthanon but it is now time to return to Chiang Mai and a little bit of luxury. The drive back from Doi Inthanon is the least impressive scenically and it is not long before we reach the urban sprawl. We are a day early in our return to so we need to find a place in town for the night with parking before we return the car. We are booked into the Shangri la for the following night but they are the 3 Sis and all the other hotels we tried by phone as we drove back. We pass a big hotel with loads of parking and cheap rates. The room isn't great but it is only for one night before we move to the Shangri La for our last night in town. We check in and dump our bags and only then notice that the rest of the clientele appear to be single, middle aged western men accompanied by their Thai "girlfriends". All a bit sleazy and Carolyn is none too pleased about where we have ended up but it is only for one night (no wonder it was cheap!).
We spend the evening doing a little window shopping - some great stuff here in CM and much better prices than BKK. We walk across town to the night market close to Le Meridien. There are some nice shops in the vicinity but the market itself is now huge and VERY tacky - wall to wall tee shirts and fake designer rip offs. The Saturday and sunday walking market streets are really much better. The evening is rounded off with another great dinner at Aroon Rai before returning to our delightful hotel for the night.
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Really sounds good !
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After returning our car to Avis we get a taxi to the Shangri La and check in for our last night in Chiang Mai. We have stayed at many Shangri La properties around the world without a problem, unfortunately, when we got to our room it had not been cleaned – dirty sink, banana skins on the floor, grubby shower and faulty TV. I requested a move to another room and, unfortunately this was no better. It was time to have a word in the ear of the manager who took us to the lounge whilst sorting out another room. 15 minutes later and she took us to a third room. This time it was a suite on the Horizon Club floor which was VERY spacious, perfectly appointed, spotlessly clean and access to the club floor facilities – a great result in the end. That evening we take advantage of the club facilities before a not very inspiring buffet in the hotel restaurant. I guess the measure of a good hotel is how they deal with problems - in this case they dealt with it VERY well!
We agree a late check out with the manager as our train back to Bangkok is not until 17.30 so we just relax at the hotel, pop out for a massage. As always, I opt for the standard Thai massage but Carolyn opted for having her feet chewed by fish in a tank for half an hour followed by a foot massage- each to their own I suppose!
We head off to the station to board our train. A private 1st Class compartment awaits us which is reasonably comfortable. Having travelled on Thai trains before we have brought our food with us rather than relying on the at seat service provided in 1st (expensive and not very good). It is a long trip anyway but the diversion we have to take because of the floods north of Bangkok adds another 2-3 hours to the 13 hour journey. There is no getting away from the fact that it is a long journey and there are only so many games of Scrabble we can play to pass the time. Much as we enjoy train travel thios journey is a bit tedious to say the least.
We stop for 30 mins at Ayutthaya station and, although the floodwaters appear to have almost completely receded, the after effects of the devastation are clearly visible. The water marks on the walls seem to be well over head height. Amazingly, some of the shacks/shanties on the outskirts seem to be still standing (or maybe they have been rebuilt). It is difficult to comprehend how much these people must have suffered. This suffering will no doubt continue for a long time yet. I do hope that the Thai government gets its act together and provides help to these people as I cannot believe that the majority will have any form of insurance cover for their losses.
At last we arrive in Huamlampong station, grab some breakfast at one of the noodle stalls close to the station before descending into the MTR to travel to our final hotel.
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Thanks so much for your report. Good for the Shangri-La making things right with you!
I was especially interested to hear your comments on Ayutthaya, as our Bangkok driver is from there.
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Double thanks! Very interesting to me as I've not been to the North in about (shudder) 30 years!
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great reporting
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So u didn't visit Pai this trip or did I miss it? We are in Pai now. Any recs for things to do, places to eat? Thanks
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We were in Pai last week when it was very cold - 5c.
One of the best Thai restaurant in Pai and elsewhere in Thailand as well is call "Benjarong" Location near to the PTT gas station. Very, very good food but be warned that the owner is a bit of a recluse and will open and shut his restaurant on a whim. He does not tolerate impatient customers so if you go there to relax and don't rush the food then it will be very rewarding. Best for lunch IMO.
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That's suppose to read 5c not -5C!
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Hi yestravel - yes you did miss it! We moved straight on from Pai mostly because it had grown massively from the sleepy little town we new 10 years ago. We basically had lunch and drove on to Soppong (a place I highly recommend!). As I recall the last time in Pai we just chilled out,took raft trip on the river and trekked to some of the surrounding villages in the hills and along the valley.
If staying in Soppong or, even driving through, the caves there are definitely worth a visit
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Ah, thanks. Yes, it's hardly a sleepy town.
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We will have to try benjarong on our way back. I missed that post. thanks, Hanuman. we ate twice at Na Kitchen and it was delicious. was recommended by a local woman and we really enjoyed the place and the food. Yes, at night it was very cold and first thing in the am too...around 6 or 7 C. Hot and sunny in the day though.
we're at Fern Resort in Mae Hung Son now and they gave us blankets for nite.
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yestravel - try Salween River , a great little restaurant overlooking the lake (close to the corner away from teh main market stalls. Amazing Khao Soi
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Say hello to "Sing-toh" translation "lion" the dog at Fern Resort!
Do try and eat at Benjerong as we found the food to be superb. The service as I've said is on and off. The Fern also have a restaurant in town call "Bia Fern" which is pretty nice.
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Crellston's-we did in fact eat at Salween's last night...had a pork salad and chicken with holy basil and both were very good. Also had a salsa dip with fried tofu chips...also good, sort of Mexico in Thailand highlands
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great trip report. we are in the beginning stages of planning, so this is very helpful. questions may follow...
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Thanks for all the detail, crellston. I forgot about this report. Wonder if you can stay there for just a couple nights and do a half day cooking class. Will check into it.
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Siam Rice Thai Cookery School had a half day option which was great.
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First Burma, then off to Thailand for 14 day.
Question 1:
So I'm beginning my plans for Thailand after figuring out my Burma trip. A few questions:
I have planned a four day trek in Burma to Kyaing Tong. Am I repeating myself by going to Mae Hong Son and taking a few day trek there? Meaning the villages being the same? Initial thought was Burma and Thailand are different countries, so the villages would also be different? Is this correct?
The starting plan is: Looking at flying from Mandalay on November 16th and flying to Chaing Mai. Staying three nights at the 3 Sisters (thank you crellston for your awesome suggestions).
As I'm not a skilled driver thinking best to fly from Chaing Mai to Mae Hong Son and stay at the Fern Resort for two nights and arrange for a two night trek.
Question 2: Am I missing much by flying and should I consider trying to arrange to join a group and van through the Mae Hong Sorn loop? If I was traveling with someone who drives well, I'd consider driving the loop. But as I'm traveling alone, thinking either finding a way to join a group, or hope on a van to Mae Hong Son, or just fly. Curious to know your thoughts.
Question 3: From Chiang Mai, would fly south to one of the island and chill for 4 days. Back to Bangkok for 3 days and home. Still trying to figure out which Island to go to. Not into drunkin beach parties, more into a bamboo cottage on the beach gorgeous water and scenery to end my month long vacation. Suggestions welcomed
Any advice on these plans? Combining big city with smaller city and countryside and beach chill. Thank you everyone!
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One last question: What about hiring a driver from Chiang Mai and then do the Mae Hong Sorn Loop as an alternative to hoping on a van with a group of fellow tourist. Any thoughts on how much something like this would cost and how many days I might consider doing this Round Trip?
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Remember that country boundaries were drawn without regard to tribal boundaries, so there are many ethnic groups that have villages in both Burma and Thailand, there are many who are in VN, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. I'm of the opinion that trekking to visit hill tribes is not worth you time in Thailand after your trekking in Burma.
You could certainly hire a driver in CM to go to Mae Hong Son. That is the sort of thing I's set up once you are in CM. There are also likely to be mini-vans heading that way that you could take without joining a group.
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I suggest you drive instead of fly from Chiang Mai to MHS. The drive is easy, no traffic but a lot of curves. Spectacular scenery and you can stop at the various towns or villages to look around or buy souvenirs. If you do drive I highly recommend a restaurant in Pai, a small town about 2 - 3 hours from Chiang Mai, call Baan Benjarong. Very good Thai food with a rather colourful owner.
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I would definitely follow Hanuman's suggestions. The drive is really very worthwhile with some great scenery and stops along the way. The restaurant he recommends is great. Both trips on the loop we drove ourselves, but iF you are not comfortable doing that hire a driver.
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I agree wholeheartedly, drive from CM to MHS. If you use a driver, it will clearly be much more expensive but you have the advantage of being able to enjoy the scenery without havering to concentrate on driving..
The trekking around MHS is excellent and Fern Resort can organise this for you either as day or overnight treks. Fern Resort are a community based operation and have links to CB trekking companies which makes sure teh operation benefits the local communities. I don't know how the trekking compares with Burma but it is one of the best places in. Thailand but not as memorable as say Laos. I think it is safe to assume that the villages in Thailand would be a lot more " developed/ wealthy etc." Many of the minority groups originated from Tibet and China and migrated South, a process which has accelerated in recent year due to the political issues in. Burma ( hence the number of refugees in camps on the Thai border.
Finding the island paradise you describe is becoming increasingly difficult but there are still places.your problem will be that many of these will take a chunk of travelling time out of your 4 days.
Here is a link to some info on islands which may help narrow it down a little
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Many thanks for your info, much appreciated. I suspect I can get in touch with where I'm staying (3 sisters) in Chiang Mai to find out how much a driver would cost. And check in with Budget to find out what the cost for a rental. Compare and go from there. Def would like a driver, but at what cost? Take care
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So based on everyone's thoughts. Two things I'd like to do outside Chiang Mai.
1) Experience the elephants
2) do the Mae hong Son Loop for the scenery, the villages along the way. No treks.
If I was to drive (or have a driver), could I drop the car off in Mae Hong Son and fly back to Chiang Mai? Or better yet to Krabi? This would save me time. I checked Mae Hong Son's airpot to find out what airlines fly and where with no luck.
Otherwise if not drive, take a bus and fly back. Maybe a van which might be more comfortable and less expensive.
Along the way experience the elephants.
The itinerary is looking like this:
Arrive in Chiang Mai on Nov 16
Explore the city the following day.
Nov 18th drive/bus to Elephant camp, stay overnight at the camp.
19th Continue to Mae Hong Son stay overnight
20th Mae Hong Son explore
21 Fly back to Chiang Mai overnight
22 Fly to Krabi to chill after a month of travel: Island
23 Island
24 Island
25 Island
26 Island
27 Fly to Bangkok
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Re Mae Hong Son air link. Nok Air just cancelled their daily flights from Chiang Mai to MHS a few months ago and they were the only airline that flew there. However, there could be a chance that flights could commence again for the high season but I would not count on it.
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that explains why I couldn't find anything. thanks for clearing that up!
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What a great report!
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Drove that loop last week in rented car starting in CM. To Pai, bad news on poor quality road (large pot holes, washouts) with lots of turns and some wild drivers in big vans in big hurry. Found little outside ordinary in Pai. On to MHS road easier as less traffic and somewhat better quality. Entire day drive from CM to MHS so take it easy. From MHS back to CM via Doi Inthanon more interesting also very twisty with potholes and washouts. Interesting terrain with steep cultivated corn and cabbage fields. Some fog/mist which slowed us down and took 7 hours. Will visit remote villages next time, maybe winter. I'm a skilled driver but this my first time driving on left side. Did fine but girl friend nervous.
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Driving on the left is tricky, given it's one road the entire trip I think that makes it easier. Sorry to hear the road is in such poor condition. We drove it in Feb thus year and two years ago and that was not the case. It is definitely a hilly, curvy road that's for sure, but I never felt nervous on it. Now the traffic around CM is a different story.
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So decided to hire a driver and do the Mae Hong Son Loop.
Giving myself three days and two nights. But looking for suggestions of where to break up the drive between Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son? Where to spend the night and what resort to stay? Would that be Pai?
I will reserve a cottage at Fern Resort in Mae Hong Son. The following day drive back to Chiang Mae.
Thanks for your reply on this. Take care
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I suppose Pai about half way. Can't advise on resorts as i'm into the budget life. Did rent car from north wheels in CM. Good service. Next time i would get a larger engine Honda to cruise the hilly roads.
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In Pai, Hotel des Artistes is a lovely hotel right on the river.
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Pai is ok but the last time we visited we found it had grown a lot from our visit 5 years previously and was now a little too busy. We stayed at http://www.bellevillaresort.com/pai previously which was very nice but a little out of town.
This time we carried on for a few miles to Soppong, a much smaller town with some great walks mad some superb caves nearby. There is also an "authentic" market in the centre where the minority peoples come to trade - very colourful.
We stayed at Soppong River in which has a wide range of very different rooms. http://www.soppong.com some of the best home cooked food I have eaten in Thailand.
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Pai is definitely the busiest town along the route. It seems to be a haven for 20 & 30 somethings. Both times we've been there there have been some sort of concert which seems to attracts lots of europeans. There's quite a few clubs and lots of restaurants. We stayed a couple nights on each visit and used it as a base to explore the surrounding area going to parks and waterfalls. Pai has a relatively large night market I believe every night. Nothing particularly special about it, but its fun to walk thru. One of our favorite Thai restaurants, recommended by hanuman, is there, Baan Benjarong.
I think the choice between Pai and Soppong depends on whether you want a quieter town or one that is a bit more lively but has more tourists.
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Well this is great info. And have done much research. Thanks. Decided to hire a driver. And heard about Cave Lodge (5 Moo 1, Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son). cavelodge.com
And of course the glowing reviews of Fern Resort.
So if you had two nights and three days to drive the Mae Hong Song loop from Chiang Mai and back, can anyone who has done this drive, suggest the two places to spend the night?
Or put the two nights at the Cave Lodge, and just enjoy the drive. With the focus on the area where Cave Lodge is. From what I've read there of course is the cave, but they have treks to villages also. Seems like driving and stopping for a look in Pai is just enough and Mae Hong Song the town isn't much to be. I had planned to stay at Fern Resort as I heard it was peaceful and in a lovely area. Now I'm not so sure. What are your thoughts? Trying to figure out a plan for this famous drive. Thanks for the suggestions.
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artguy you should start your own thread and ask the question there. More people will see it and you will get more answers.
I have driven this route a few times and I always enjoy a night in Pai and a night in MHS. If you like caves and don't mind NOT having restaurants or other activities to do within walking distant then go ahead and stay at cave lodge.
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OK, will start a new thread! Thanks!
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Swede - wowzers! That is such wonderful news! A huge congrats to you and here's hoping everything goes perfectly this time.
Starfish - will be thinking of you on the 16th (and checking to see the good news )
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06-11-2012 10:37 #542
Fantastic news Starfish!! I am keeping all fingers, toes, arms, legs, hair crossed for you! As hard as it is to do try to take each day at a time...keeping occupied and meditation sounds perfect....grow bubba grow!
Hi Swede Congratulations to you too! thats great news...yep sounds like another little precious bub is determined to be with you. Have you had a blood test yet? thanks for thinking of me xxx I dont post much anymore on here, after my horrible m/c in 2009 i struggled on with 3 more ivf cycles and unfortunately 3 more miscarriages before finding the fantastic Dr Matthias who treated my high NK cells..luckily i fell pg again next cycle with his treatment and now have a gorgeous perfect little 7 month old girl!! I look back on those extremely difficult years and can still say it was all so very worth it...would even do it all over again for a 2nd
All the best of luck to all the other ladies here...i am a strong believer that determination and perserverence will eventually deliver a healthy bub... sometimes the road to get there is different from what we expect.
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Hi crofty,
We have no frosties just trying au naturalle in between cycles. Not sure what my body is doing though as no ovulation yet. The pee sticks aren't clear.
06-11-2012 13:06 #544
Hi Ladies,
Sounds like lots has been happening here!
Swede - Such amazing heart warming news. I wish you a happy, healthy worry-free pg. Let us know how you get on.
Crofty - I hope the 2ww is being kind to you. For me the worst part about it is using Crinone, I hate that stuff! I am praying for you that this is the cycle that gives you a BFP x
Rubedoo - Sorry about the job. Really hope that something turns up for you and that you get to use your frostie soon. I have only done FET once and remember on the way to ET I was convinced I would get there and they would tell me that it hadn't survived the thaw. I think that the anxiety is natural but I pray it all turns out positively for you.
Starfish - I hope you are enjoying your pg, you have been in my thoughts a lot recently. You are clearly someone who has touched so many of us (so many people coming back to wish you well confirms that). I will be praying your scan goes well and that after that you can relax a little bit more. You really have made it and I for one can't wait to hear about when you are holding bubs in your arms.
to everyone else.
AFM - I started jabbing last week and have my first scan tomorrow to see number of follies. I have found that I have really withdrawn from everyone this time around and other than DH and you ladies on here I have told no one we are trying again. Last time I really believed it was our last cycle and I think something in me broke when it didn't work. So this time around the injections and meds are part of my daily routine but I am not focussing on them too much. This time is really will be our last cycle as we have no more money left, and I also don't think I have the emotional strength that many of you ladies do to keep trying over and over again. This time we are having ICSI with HA and DNA testing so hopefully better fert numbers. Let's hope this is the one that works.
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Good luck little feet for today's scan- hope there's some nice follies with lots of eggs!!!! Yeah I remember the terrible crinone- still got a few boxes of it at home as well as left over pessaries I know about keeping it from family and friends - I always feel embarrassed when it doesn't work and have to explain to everyone that we weren't successful, we haven't told many thistle around either as not a lot of people understand an IVFrs situation let's hope you get your BFP this cycle and have some nice little frosty brothers or sisters for later
Luckyme1- I can't trust the pee stick either for teaching "o" I always had to also take into consideration CM and temp (however my temp was up and down until after I "o" good luck with ala natural
Hi yin yang- your about the 4th person to talk about dr M since I had transfer I shall def be consulting him if this cycle isn't successful as to my knowledge I've never had success with implantation !!!! I'm
Even contemplating calling and making an appt this week to c if I can get in and see him in dec, prior to a fresh cycle in January - but don't know if I'm jinxing this cycle from doing so!!
Afm- been having weird dreams, this progesterone plays with your head - haha, and its all to do with needing to go to the loo around 4.30 every morning - I get up at 5.30, and we all know about pessaries and the 30 min wait so I pessarise, then wake at 5 or so and take my temp ( still taking it - not sure if I'm suppose to anyway this morning I was going in for egg collection and The other night my waters broke!!! All to do with needing to go to the loo
Anyway, still no AF but it is early so still going insane
Hope everyone else is well
08-11-2012 17:14 #546
Swede, how did the bt go???
Littlefeet, how was your 1st scan? Hoping lucky last really is the lucky one for you!
Crofty, almost there lovely! Any encouraging signs and will you POAS over the weekend?
AFM, hanging in there! Have had a couple of minor incidents of spotting this week which sent me back to the clinic for a bt and got the reassurance that all is doubling is it should and my P4 is still very high. Phew! So far seems to be one of those things which isn't uncommon in a post AS pregnancy...Still another whole week to go till scan
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OMG Starfish.....only 1 week to go before your scan......such nerv-wrecking time....but I am sure you will be just fine!!!! I cant wait for next friday.....Glad the BT been good...so scary with spotting...but it is all good yay
Rubedoo...Firstly - Thank you!!!! Sorry you didnt get THAT job I will keep my fingers crossed for a fresh fantastic start of 2013......It is about time for sure.....
Trying - and thank you!!!
Lucky....thank you...and I hope your ovaries will get to do their part...FX....Body just acts weird sometimes....FX for a natural miracle
Crofty... ta!!!!! I took 150mg per day. ..up until day 5 after ovulation..and that was due to I ran out.....But i been adviced to stop as soon as getting a bfp..as well as the dhea....I only take fish oil, folic acid and baby aspirin now
I hope you are doing ok...I am keeping everything crossed for you.....
Yinyang...OMG...how totally amazing to read your last post...I am so thrilled for you....to have a baby girl!!!! That is just the most fantastic news ever!!!!! Truly a miracle bubba!!!! Huge congratulations!!!!
Little feet - so glad you can squeeze another cycle in..as hard as it....I really hope this is your time....it just sucks that money is part of this journey. it is so unfair. I hope the extre effort iwht ic and dne will have a magic effect and give a long after bfp...huge hugs
I havnt done any bt just yet...my son been sick and in hospital..he is ok now..but we are going back to our gp tomorrow for a check up so i thought I will do a bt then. MY normal gp is away...bummer...so annoying....today I been rather dissy and slightly queasy......nothing else really just yet.....I hope little bub is thriving.....but it is always such worry,,,,very difficult o relax about it.....
Sending loads of baby dust to everyone.....
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Swede CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Oh I have everything crossed this special little bubba sticks to Mummy like glue for the next 8 months Hope Archie is ok.
Starfish I hope the next week goes by quickly for you, it reall is worse than the 2WW. How are you feeling?
Crofty god how I hate what progesterone does to our bodies, let's just hope the weird dreams are because you a preggas!!!!!
Luckyme I'm hoping I might get a natural BFP this month too! Wouldn't it be lovely!
Littlefeet how did your scan go?
Drmummy last cycle was antagonist/agonist, Wazza really pulled out every trick. Definately a lot harder trying for number two, as we only had sperm issues 4 years ago. Sadly now we have low AMH & lining issues so definately a lot harder.
AFM we will cycle again starting next week. I'm going back to old FS as I just can't be bothered co-ordinating a Brissy trip around this time of year. I LOVED Wazza & really think if we had found him a year ago that he could have worked miracles for us, but sadly my ovaries have had enough Anyway my FS is happy to do whatever Wazza has recommended, We got Atleast 2 follies this time.
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Hi ladies
Starfish - hope your spotting eases up between now and your u/s I have also heard of ladies spotting all through their pregnancy not long now for your 1st look at miracle bubs!!!!
Thx sweedenie- I am still all over the shop! + one min - the next , did you get BT yesterday at the GP??? Any more news for us??
Lochnessie- thx me too (about my dreams) fx you get your natural this month so you don't have to cycle again!!!!!
Afm - I think I'm 11 or 12 DPO - and currently 10 day post 2 day transfer. Haven't had any spotting as yet (may mean my progesterone pessaries ate doing what they're suppose to , still really tired all the time, haven't had my usual chocolate cravings pre AF which is a good sign.
but I should stop reading into things DH keeps asking me if I have any AF signs, and wants to know if anything shows immediately, I just explain feels exactly the same as past cycles, just a waiting game and hope for the best, but expect the worst do we can move on to a fresh cycle in jan - uuuurrrrhhh just wish I knew!!! Not due to poas until tues next week!!!!
Only other positive signs are that I don't feel like I'm heavy or dropping (if you know what I mean?) and my temps are still high, above 36.9 every day - guess I just have to Hangin there and wait and see
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Elrond looked around at everyone who was present for the council; Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Faramir, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Eomer, Eowyn, Bilbo, and Arwen. "We are gathered here today for a very important cause. A book trilogy is going to be written all about us, but no one knows what the titles should be. One of you must come up with this."
"That's what we're here for?" Aragorn said. "You dragged us all here just to help come up with some stupid titles?"
"Well deciding on a title is a very intense and important procedure!"
Aragorn stood up. "Well being king is an even more intense and important procedure!"
Legolas got to his feet. "That's all you ever go on about, Aragorn! Ever since your coronation, you keep rubbing it in everyone's faces about you being king! You're even worse now than you were when you used to go on about being an almost-king!"
"Be quiet, blondie. Nobody asked your opinion."
The elf flipped his hair. "Well I asked myself for my opinion! So somebody did ask!"
Elrond clapped his hands for silence. "The two of you need to be quiet! We need to think up titles. Let's start with a title for part one. Any suggestions?"
Frodo raised his hand.
"I say that we call it The Divine and Unfaltering Heroism of the Great Hobbit Frodo Baggins!"
"Why the heck would we call it that?"
Frodo shrugged. "I don't know. But I think it would make a great title!" Sam stood up. "I agree! If Mr. Frodo thinks it's great, than I think it's great too! Everything that Mr. Frodo says is as good as the law!"
Frodo raised his hand again. "And then we can call the second part The Divine and Unfaltering Heroism of the Great Hobbit Frodo Baggins Bravely Continues! And the third part can be The Divine and Unfaltering Heroism of the Great Hobbit Frodo Baggins Nobly Saves the Day!"
"I think not," Elrond said coldly. "Any more ideas?"
Legolas raised his hand. "The third part could be called The Conceited Rantings of the Pompous Heir of Isildur."
Aragorn stood up in anger. "What exactly are you implying?"
Gandalf rapped Aragorn on the kneecap with his staff. "Have an open mind, Aragorn son of Arathorn. An open mind is the key to wisdom. Unless your mind gets so open that it acquires a huge hole in it and all your brain cells spill out."
Aragorn rubbed his sore kneecap. "Um... thanks, Gandalf. I'll take your advice." Not, he said to himself.
Elrond sighed in frustration. "Could you all just stop getting off topic?" Everyone fell silent. "Now, let us brainstorm..."
The council went on for about an hour or two, and Elrond had taken a page of notes. He cleared his throat. "Well, despite much arguing, we have managed to come up with a few suggestions. Now, it is time to try them out."
Everyone groaned loudly. Elrond ignored them and read, "The Fellowship of the Wings."
Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Gimli attached fake wings to their backs and ran around making flying sound effects.
"Mr. Frodo!" cried Sam. "Watch out for that-"
CRASH! "Ow!" said Frodo feebly.
"-tree!" Sam finished.
Elrond crossed off something on his notes. "Well that one appears to be too dangerous. Let's try The Fellowship of the String."
Frodo walked on holding a piece of string. "Gasp! It is the One String! And if I unravel the String, it shall stretch all the way to Mordor and lead Sauron to me!"
Gandalf took the string out of Frodo's hand. "Frodo, there is only one thing to do! I must floss my teeth with this string!" He stuck the string in his mouth and started flossing his teeth.
Elrond sighed with annoyance. "That was even worse than the first one you did. How about this one. The Two Showers."
Gimli brought out a bathtub and a hose. Legolas grabbed Aragorn, shoved him in the bathtub and sprayed him with the hose.
"NOOOO!" cried Aragorn. "The evils of water!" He ran out of the tub and hid behind Arwen.
"Come back here!" said Gimli. "It's supposed to be The Two Showers!"
Legolas, grinning evilly, pulled Aragorn out of hiding and shoved him into the bathtub again. Gimli gave him a good hosing.
"I don't like this one at all!" said Aragorn, leaping out of the bathtub as fast as he could.
Elrond crossed out something on his list and looked at what he had put next. He groaned. "The next one is... The Two Flowers."
Sam happily walked over to a patch of grass and picked a flower. Then he bent down and picked another one. "Behold! It is the two flowers of Middle-earth! The fate of the world depends upon their-"
"Enough!" said Elrond loudly.
Sam looked about to cry. "You want me to stop?"
"But I don't see anything wrong with flowers, Mr. Elrond sir. Flowers are good, wholesome, educational things, and I think that-"
"Take a seat, Mr. Gamgee! Enough is enough."
Sam sat down rather sulkily.
Elrond put a line through The Two Flowers and consulted his notes to see what was next. He frowned, and said rather questioningly, "The Return of the Thing."
Aragorn rode on Faramir's back, dressed up like some sort of space alien thing. "It is I, returned on my noble steed!"
Faramir, the "noble steed", panted for breath. "Aragorn, you're really heavy," he whispered.
Eowyn stood up and pointed a finger at Aragorn. "Behold! It is the... the... what is that thing?"
"Stop!" Elrond commanded. "That was extremely lame." As Aragorn, Faramir, and Eowyn took their seats, Elrond said, "The next one is The Return of the Bling."
Aragorn walked out from behind a pillar, decked out in nothing but gold. "All this gold is kind of heavy! I can barely walk in this stuff!"
Arwen gasped. "It is the return of the bling! Great wealth has been brought to our land!"
Aragorn tried to strike a heroic pose, but failed to do so. "Yes. I have returned from the Pits of Bling Galore, and bring this gold and shiny bling to my country!"
Elrond sighed. "None of these are working!"
Suddenly, Bilbo lifted up his head and waved his walking stick in the air. "Fresh squeezed oranges!" Frodo, who was sitting next to him, sighed. What was the old geezer going on about now?
"Mr. Baggins, do you have a suggestion?" Elrond asked.
"I think I'm quite ready for another adventure," the elderly hobbit replied.
"Mr. Baggins, you are wasting my time. Now if you have something to say about any type of suggestion, then say it now."
"Yes, yes, I was getting to that, Thorin."
"I'm Elrond."
"Of course you are, Smaug. Now I think this is all a waste of Beorn's time and we should all go to Lake Town and see the Lonely Mountain again!"
Elrond scowled. "Yes, but what about a suggestion?"
"I'm getting to that, Frodo my lad. Anyway..." He banged his stick on the arm of his chair. "Er... does anybody know where the outhouse is?"
Elrond could have sworn he felt a blood vessel burst. "You're completely wasting my time, Bilbo!"
"Eh? Who's Bilbo? Who are you? I need my hot water bottle!"
"Never mind." Elrond crumpled up his notes and flung them away. They ended up hitting Legolas in the head and the elf lost consciousness. "Let's just forget about this and play Pin the Beard on the Dwarf!"
And so everyone forgot about the council, and Gimli and Gloin were traumatized until the end of time.
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The freedom, opportunity, and land of the North American colonies beckoned. There, Scots found a place where they were generally free from persecution and where they could go on to become important players in the birth of new nations. Some fought in the American War of Independence, while others went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these Scottish settlers have been able to recover their lost national heritage in the last century through highland games and Clan societies in North America. Among them:
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