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Mother Nature Presents: Bioluminescence + John Gray’s Tour in Phuket: our experience.

Posted on January 10, 2018February 3, 2020 by Emanuele

Note before starting: please note that the photos of the bioluminescence unfortunately didn't come out in the best quality because of the nature of this phenomenon. We apologise but we how it can get you at least the drift. Cris Typing. Bioluminescence. Such a big long fascinating word. It all started when I saw a [...]

Lights Up: an inside guide to the Thai Lantern Festival

Posted on December 20, 2017February 3, 2020 by Emanuele

Cris, Typing. ...and the day finally arrived. The opening night of the lantern festival in Chiang Mai. We were so excited to see it. Personally, I was trying to keep my expectations low in case I would have been disappointed. Well...useless move. We were coming down from a very adventurous and eclectic day-tour to Chiang [...]

Northern Thailand: What to expect

Posted on December 6, 2017February 3, 2020 by Emanuele

Cris. Typing So, to recap, we went to Northern Thailand in November, when the rainy season is about to start. Chiang Mai Chiang Mai is such a pretty city to explore: check out the local (and a bit stinky) market, the temples (don't go to the ones that requires a fee as there are plenty as if [...]

Lost Mae Taeng

Posted on November 22, 2017February 3, 2020 by Emanuele

Em. Typing For our first night we chose to stay a bit in the heart of wild Thailand. We wanted to experience a bit of the village life, so we decided to make camp in this very vast region completely stripped of civilisation: Mae Taeng. Well, maybe we pushed it a bit, as the tuk tuk which brought us there [...]

A little introduction to our trip to Northern Thailand

Posted on November 15, 2017February 3, 2020 by Emanuele

Cris. Typing A few years ago, back in Italy, I was browsing and I suddenly bumped into the famous photo of the Lantern Festival. It was love at first sight. The Lantern Festival (locally known as Yi Peng) is a yearly event happening on the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar [...]