In Chiang Mai uncovered is packed with intriguing stories about in and around this weirdly wonderful city. It also includes restaurant and book reviews, local snippets, the occasional tongue-in-cheek dig at café society, and an easy bike ride around the city. Read on…
You may have thought that Buddhism was all saffron-robed monks and chanting, but the Hell Gardens of Thailand tell a different story. Read on…
Wat Chalerm Phra Kiat is a a rubbed-around-the-edges, Disneyesque affair, a total delight after the hyper-grandeur of the better-known temples of Bangkok. Read on…
From tiny Siamese fighting fish to enormous beasts with wide, curving horns, the San Patong Buffalo Market has been serving local people with all their worldly needs for generations – as well as some pretty unappealing-looking rustic food. Read on…
Tuk-tuk, songthaew, bicycle rickshaw, there are plenty of ways of getting around Chiang Mai; but don’t expect them all to be quick, quiet or comfortable. Read on…
He may have an elephant’s head with a curved trunk, big ears, and the huge pot-bellied body of a human, but despite his physical curiosities Ganesh is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. Read on…
Half a millennium older than Bangkok, Chiang Rai may not a lot of antiquity on show, but what it lacks in the ancient is certainly made up for in the curious and intriguing in other departments. Read on…
Muang Mai, Chiang Mai’s wholesale vegetable market, nicknamed ‘Stinky Market’ by the locals, is a place for which the phrase hustle-and-bustle could have been invented. Read on…
