female travelling alone, northern thailand

spinandscribble · 01-03-2008 02:08PM #1

hopefully my application is going through (they said it shouldnt be a problem) and i'l be working in a childrens village in Maesai. really looking forward to it but now that im getting a little nervous. any experiences from females travelling alone in that region? also is the situation in burma something i should be worried about? i'll be right on the broader you see.

arse..biscuits · 01-03-2008 02:14PM

spinandscribble wrote: »

hopefully my application is going through (they said it shouldnt be a problem) and i'l be working in a childrens village in Maesai. really looking forward to it but now that im getting a little nervous. any experiences from females travelling alone in that region? also is the situation in burma something i should be worried about? i'll be right on the broader you see.

You'll be grand, once your there a while you'll wonder why you were ever nervous

spinandscribble · 01-03-2008 02:20PM

yeah

i know but its moreso being alone travelling around ie transport. i hadnt given much thought to burma but a bunch of my bfs mates convinced him not to go with me because of the trouble near the broader. its made me slightly nervous, not enough to quit though

im doing a bit of research about the region. the one thing i know i want to see is elephants and possibly ride one. its a life long dream. cant seem to find any info on this though

breadmonkey · 01-03-2008 02:22PM

No need to be worried, it's totally safe.

EDIT: What a bunch of knobs. I hope you gave your boyfriend a good b*tchslapping!

Neamhshuntasach · 01-03-2008 03:48PM

The trouble in Burma doesn't spead into Thailand. The most you will experience of the Burmese up there is the refugee camps and people fleeing Burma.

spinandscribble · 01-03-2008 04:15PM

breadmonkey wrote: »

No need to be worried, it's totally safe.

EDIT: What a bunch of knobs. I hope you gave your boyfriend a good b*tchslapping!

no, no bitchslapping

tbh it wouldnt be his sort of thing anyway he was only going he says to 'protect' me lol. easily scared off maybe plus he doesnt like thailand because of all its bad press.

arse..biscuits · 02-03-2008 02:14PM

spinandscribble wrote: »

yeah i know but its moreso being alone travelling around ie transport. i hadnt given much thought to burma but a bunch of my bfs mates convinced him not to go with me because of the trouble near the broader. its made me slightly nervous, not enough to quit though

im doing a bit of research about the region. the one thing i know i want to see is elephants and possibly ride one. its a life long dream. cant seem to find any info on this though

Just get to Chiang Mai and you will be able to go on mountain treks and ride the elephants, I did it last year

AckwelFoley · 02-03-2008 02:18PM

Sounds Like A Really Cool Thing To Do.

Just Take Care Be Safe And Soak Up The Expierence

spinandscribble · 02-03-2008 02:39PM

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Just get to Chiang Mai and you will be able to go on mountain treks and ride the elephants, I did it last year

ah deadly. just waiting for acceptance, gah its driving me mad waiting. if i do i'l be there for two months.
sorting potentional flights, its funny, dublin to chiang mai with 3 stop overs is a grand cheaper then dublin to chiang Mai with two stops lol. guess which one i'l be on

arse..biscuits · 02-03-2008 05:10PM

Internal flights in Thailand are about €35 euro. So if you get to Bangkok its only 40 mins to Chiang Mai by plane and you can just buy tickets in the airport, no need to book ahead

spinandscribble · 02-03-2008 05:40PM

really? thats surprising, not booking i mean. i was going to take a bus (12 hours) up north but that sounds better. maybe on the way back i could get the bus

breadmonkey · 02-03-2008 07:19PM

Yeah bus/train to Chiang Mai from Bangkok is very regular.

arse..biscuits · 02-03-2008 08:45PM

spinandscribble wrote: »

really? thats surprising, not booking i mean. i was going to take a bus (12 hours) up north but that sounds better. maybe on the way back i could get the bus

12 hours on the bus can be rough if the bus is packed, if its half empty and you can sleep on buses then its not too bad. The flights are a winner though. If possible you should try to get into Loas, it was the absloute highlight of my time in SE Asia. There is a border crossing if you travel up through Chiang Rai.

Dave! · 03-03-2008 11:00AM

Much to see in Laos arse..buiscuits?

arse..biscuits · 04-03-2008 02:23PM

DaveMcG wrote: »

Much to see in Laos arse..buiscuits?

Yeah, its amazing there. They have only let tourists in some years ago so it all feels fairly undiscovered compared to Thailand (only one ATM in the country). Its extremly cheap there, makes Thailand look expensive. Everyone sells opium , kids, old women, everyone. And of course the tubing in Vang Viang, go down this huge river in inflatable tubes, make shift bars are set up all along the river, locals pull you in using bamboo, sell you buckets of whiskey. There are big swings to jump into the river. Back on the tubes to the next bar with bucket of whiskey in the lap. I'd say there is a few deaths on that thing every year.

S.M.B. · 04-03-2008 02:29PM

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Yeah, its amazing there. They have only let tourists in some years ago so it all feels fairly undiscovered compared to Thailand (only one ATM in the country). Its extremly cheap there, makes Thailand look expensive. Everyone sells opium , kids, old women, everyone. And of course the tubing in Vang Viang, go down this huge river in inflatable tubes, make shift bars are set up all along the river, locals pull you in using bamboo, sell you buckets of whiskey. There are big swings to jump into the river. Back on the tubes to the next bar with bucket of whiskey in the lap. I'd say there is a few deaths on that thing every year.

It's changing fairly quickly though. ATM's are popping up all over the place now!

Can't deny that it's a great place there. Everyone is so damn relaxed it's surreal.

arse..biscuits · 04-03-2008 06:09PM

S.M.B. wrote: »

It's changing fairly quickly though. ATM's are popping up all over the place now!

Can't deny that it's a great place there. Everyone is so damn relaxed it's surreal.

That'd be the opium

Goodluck2me · 07-03-2008 04:48PM

lol.

The Tubing sounds amazing, I really hope to go now...

female travelling alone, northern thailand

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