Tag: Chiang Mai

• Chasing leopards by the falls!

  It was a very hot day when I visited Doi Inthanon, Thailand’s highest mountain (at 2565 metres or 8415 feet), in early May this year. Temperatures in Chiang Mai city had reached 40 deg C the day before, but it was much cooler up the mountain. There are large tracts of different types of forest…

  rcannon992

  June 16, 2017

  National Parks, Nature, Photography, Thailand, Travel

  Chiang Mai, Common Leopard Butterfly, Doi Inthanon, Mae Klang, Mud_puddling, Phalanta phalantha, Sphenomorphus maculatus, Streamside Skink, Thailand, Waterfalls

• Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

  The Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden is located in the Mae Sa Valley, on the edge of the Doi Sutep-Pui National Park, about fifteen km north of Chiang Mai. The park is large (1000 ha) and there are a number of different sites and glasshouses linked by a perimeter road (see map).  Perhaps the most impressive exhibits…

  rcannon992

  January 15, 2015

  Thailand, Travel

  Chiang Mai, Mae Sa, Orchids, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

• Chiang Mai Sunday Night Market

  The Sunday night walking street market in Chiang Mai has become very popular in recent years.  Once a week, a colourful traditional market bazaar takes place along the length of Ratchadamnoen Road (and other side roads) in the Old City.  The area is closed off to traffic and hundreds of market traders set up shop selling…

  rcannon992

  January 7, 2015

  Thailand, Travel

  Chiang Mai, Food stalls, Market, Thailand, Walking street