Escati Tiger Team Walking For Thailand proudly dedicates our arrival on Saturday 8th August, 1998 in Mae Sai to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on the joyful occasion of Her Majesty’s 76th birthday on Tuesday 12th August, 2008: http://www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/queen-sirikit-birthday-2008.html Saturday 8th August, 1998. We had a big breakfast of home-made Swiss bread, coffee and eggs and Martin took our photos in the garden [...]

Friday 7th August, 1998. We started walking from “King Mengrai Monument” at 06.45 hrs and had coffee, once we had crossed the bridge over the Kok river. It took 9 kms to get out of town. A spectacular and scenic walk to Mae Chan. We met many people all day and the northern hospitality was tremendous. [...]

Tuesday/Thursday – 4th/6th August, 1998. We walked into town on Tuesday morning and found a nice clean and tidy city. We had our tuk-tuk tour of the town and found the ‘Bar Area’ on Jedyod Road where all the Aliens go. We also found “Baan Bua Guest House” there and we generally had a quiet and [...]

Saturday 1st August, 1998. We left the ”Suanthip Vana Resort” at 09.00 hrs after thanking the Manager and all his staff for their wonderful hospitality to us. We walked down the very steep slope from the hotel entrance, to highway 118 below, and continued walking towards Chiang Rai. Our walk today continued through the hills with lovely [...]

Friday 31st July, 1998. 2,000 kms day for William! We left our bungalows at 07.00 hrs after having fresh juice and coffee. Our walk was flat through many villages and we stopped at “Cabbages & Condoms” and had breakfast near a lake and fed the fish. We started to enter the hills aiming for a resort, [...]