The brand New Sofitel Riverside Chiang Mai is more than a 5-Star respectable hotel but it's also a Thai style tradition service and design.

Deliciuous French fine cuisine served in a very nice area of Chiang Mai, Thailand

If you enjoy shopping for Fabrics, Clothes, Herbs and Spices and hard to find items you should take a look at this Video of the area around Warorot Market in Chiang Mai Thailand. It also includes the beautiful flower market and out of this world fireworks stand. Most visitors to Chiang Mai miss out on the excellent prices and unique items to be found here and much cheaper than the Night bazaar.

A few friends of ours had a holiday so we took them to Doi Inthanon National Park and stayed overnight. We visited waterfalls, hilltribe villages, a trout fish farm and Karen hill tribe coffee house where they grow and process their own coffee. Here is the Video. It was too cloudy and rainy on the summit to shoot video but we returned the next week to shoot more which is in Part 2.

The Night Safari in Chiang Mai is a great place for families to see to 80 species of animals in realistic in a natural setting of trees and streams. Here is a video of the Chiang Mai Night Safari. We went early to see some of the animals before dark on the Jackel Trail around the Lake. We then visited the resort there and checked out some of the rooms and bungalows. We took the Tram on the night trails then watched the Lazer Lighted Fountain Show. I ran out of memory or I would have shot more video.

In this video we visit Chiang Dao Cave Shrine, The small village of Thaton, overnight in a beautiful bungalow on the river, visited hill tribe villages, and the night bazaar in Chiang Rai.

If you don't have much time and want to go elephant riding, do a little rafting and spend the night in a traditional hill tribe village... this is the program for you. Here is part one which includes elephant and ox cart riding, trip and overnight in a Lisu hill tribe viilage. You can find the details about this trip and many others in Thailand by visiting the All Thailand Experiences web site.

For an excellent Thai dinning experience, a traditional Lanna Khantoke dinner is a must. Many believe this north Thailand dinner with music and dance was invented for tourists, but the Khantoke dinner dates back many centuries. Locals celebrate festivals and holidays in their homes with the Khantoke dinner today. Here is a short 6 minute video of the Khantoke dinner with my wife and friends.

Here is a short streaming video of the festival over a two day period. The first day, April 13, is the Songkran parade, which takes place on Muangchareon and Thapae roads at 2 PM and lasts around 3 hours. We then hit the streets to join the water fight mostly concentrated along the moat in the city center.

Here is the video We went down to the Ping River in Chiang Mai Thailand for the Loi Krathong Festival around dusk. We purchased food from vendors a waited for it to get dark. More and more people arrived to float krathongs and shoot fireworks. We left around 9 PM as it was getting too crazy with people and fireworks. The water parade starts around 10PM, The Land parade starts around 6:30 on the road next to the river. Next year we will video the land parade. We went home and toured our neighborhood, lit candles, launched Khome Loi ate and drank with our Thai neighbors. Enjoy, Randy and Ning