See him again, but on the other hand I was a little sad, knowing that this poor little kid would be kept on these same steps until way beyond the age to start school, deprived of an education, basically there to make money for the family – andĭoi Suthep attracts a huge number of foreign tourists and so it should. And there he was, the little charmer, at almost the same spot on the same flight of stairs! In many ways it was nice to
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Were climbing the steps up to the main temple at Doi Suthep, I saw a little one with his mother, bright eyed, staring at me. I had hoped to see this little charmer again but thought it very unlikely, given that that was some time ago. Photo, but that time I made an exception. I remembered on my first trip photographing this little boy, donned in the traditional dress of his tribe. I absolutely loved Doi Suthep on my visit to Chiang Mai and that was the first place we ventured to. Given that it was only a year or so since I was last in Chiang Mai, as one would expect, not much seemed to have changed, but I did notice a lot of construction going on, and a lot of it would appear to be tourist orientated. This was to be not just a weekend away, but a chance to get more of a feel for the northern capital, and see if it really is an alternative The reason for visiting Chiang Mai was to check it out in the cool season, the time it is supposed to be at its best.
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To Chiang Mai, but it is always nice to be in a city surrounded by attractive women. Of course that was hardly the reason for venturing Sitting on the plane while still on the tarmac at Don Meuang, I only needed a cursory glance to be reminded that the ladies of the north are much more pleasant on the eye than the average Bangkok girl.
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Just a bit over a year later, this weekend to be precise, I returned. It took me almost seven years living in Thailand before I made it up to Chiang Mai.