My Thailand Diary

… AND raining. Since last night the river has risen, many parts of the south part of Chiang Mai is flooded. Many parts of the road are partially flooded which makes driving… well.. a l i t t l e bit difficult. Many local floods are mainly due to bad if any drainage. Grace […]

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… here in Chiang Mai and guess what?? Its EXCELLENT.If you want to try it, check out monsmade website. You can order online or by phone. We tried the whole wheat sunflower bread yesterday and it was just what I expected it to be. Delicious. Yes Joe, we want another one on Friday and an […]

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Two weeks ago we returned from Switzerland. Here in Chiang Mai its been rainy, rainy and more rain. Amazingly there hasn’t been any flooding and we are holding our breath. On the weekend I would have really like to visit in laws, then my brother and today I’d like to drop in and visit […]

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There are rude people all over the world, I know but they don’t have to be rude to me !!! I went to get a take away for my family. This lady at a little food-stall makes the best food ever ! She’s always very friendly but I don’t know whats wrong with her husband. […]

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The John Mark Karr and  Natasha Kamusch ‘cases’ are awful and disturbing aren’t they?  I thought I’d quickly look up on the internet how to protect my chidren and see if there is anything I’m doing which is dumb. I don’t want to become paranoid and controlling. We have to let our kids have some […]

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German Impressions wrote about ‘The Döner Phenomena’. Interestingly there are a couple of Kebab take- always in Bern, Switzerland as well.  Döner Kebab is a Turkish dish and made with mutton. I had one in Switzerland and it was delicious. I’d take a Kebab over McDonnalds any-day.  I’ve seen some ads in Chiang Mai for […]

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The CDSC started a week later than all the other international schools. So everyone has meet their new and ‘old’ teachers, old and new classmates. Its been quite emotional. My youngest is in 1st grade now. Do you remember your first day of school? I remember going to a local school in PNG-Papua New […]

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Paintball, Bungy jumping, Go Karts… WOW. I just found this webpage and yes I want to go there!!  School started for the kids today, I will have to get up early again, poor poor me. So.. too make life more fun I need something to look forward to and I found something lol    http://www.chiangmai-xcentre.com/

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Back to school. Today is officially the last day of this long summer vacation. Its been a very full 7 weeks. We travelled to the other side of the world, we met literally hundreds of people, we ate different foods, we travelled through various time zones and climates. We went from a developing country […]

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Jet Lag is a big topic at the moment. Our neighbors who returned from Europe have it, my brother and his family who were in Thailand for a short vacation  don’t have it, my husband and I are both jet lagged, our kids go to bed later than usual but sleep all night and seem […]

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