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Chiang Mai, Thailand: Baan Ratchiangsaen

On a scale of 1-10 for…. cleanliness: 97 modern-ish: 9 inside noise level: 4 (you can hear everything; the walls are thin) staff friendliness: 7 (they seemed to have been “Americanized” which means they weren’t as hospitable) location: 8 (the street starts out shady but it’s literally one block from the south entrance of Old City) American standards (we’re travel snobs): Once you get to the hotel, you will be pleasantly surprised with the decor and that they speak quite

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Chiang Mai, Thailand: Mona Chiang Mai Hotel

  cleanliness: 9 modern-ish: 8 inside noise level: 7 (you can hear everything!) staff friendliness: 8 (the main gent is friendly and knows english; everyone else knows not-a-lick so communication is a problem) location: 5 (it’s more in the city and away from Old City so I’d say more authentic but the street/alley it’s on is a bit sketchy but I left my moped and it was there in the morning) American standards (we’re travel snobs): 6 I found the

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Chiang Mai, Thailand: Jira Luxury Boutique Residence

On a scale of 1-10 for…. cleanliness: 9 modern-ish: 9 inside noise level: 5 (you can hear everything; the walls are thin) staff friendliness: 9 (I didn’t know there was a 300THB key deposit on check-in and she said “just bring it to me later”) location: 7 (I was ok walking into Old City but it’s a little ways away….with my bike rental though, no sweat!) American standards (we’re travel snobs): 8 You’ll check-in and be very pleased overall…as long

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Southeast Asia: Thai Massage

Thai massage is also called Thai yoga massage as it’s based on a 2,500-year old Ayurvedic-based body science developed by Buddha’s doctor, Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha. It’s basically like an assisted yoga session where the massage therapist moves your body into various positions and massages along energy points called “sen”. Enough of that ~ I’m sure most of you heard that it’s painful. The truth is a good massage therapist doesn’t hurt albeit, it’s not like a Swedish massage, you will come

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