( Language or scenes may offend) Chiang Mai travel writing EXTRACT: ……. We had got to within a few seconds of journey’s end, and thinking that my trials and tribulations were over, I started to relax. I should have known better. It appeared that my escort was still convinced that the sole reason I had ventured…
Category: 07.Thailand
Adult travel experiences from the Far East – Tread with care
Travels in Thailand: ‘A Lift in Chiang Mai’
Thailand travel writing (⛔️ ✋ Language or scenes may offend) Chiang Mai’s meandering Chiang Khlan Street is a two-kilometre long stretch of contrasts. Take my first evening there, as I stepped outside of the Lai-Thai guesthouse at 10 p.m. Fifty strides away from my accommodation, I was greeted by three fourteen-year-old girls – they didn’t…
A Walk on the Wild Side – A Travel Writing Extract from the Far East
Thailand travel writing (⛔️ ✋ Language or scenes may offend) Bullets or tranquility With twenty-four hours to go before I was due to fly out to Indonesia, I lost my bottle and cancelled the flight. In the weeks leading up to this date civil unrest across this country was getting progressively, for want of a…
Tales of the Unexpected in Chiang Mai – A Massage in Three Acts
Thai travel writing: ⛔️ ✋ (Language or scenes may offend) Introduction What you need is a good massage’, said the Dutch nurse. We were sharing a beer, in an open fronted restaurant along Chang Khlan Street– a meandering sprawl that dissects the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. It was late evening and a matter…