living in Chiang Rai – Life, the Universe, and Lani

Life sucks until it doesn’t anymore

I feel good. However, if you’d have told me what my life would be like if I moved back to Thailand before I did it, I’m not sure I would have returned. I know now why we can’t see in to our future – doing so prevents us from ever meeting up with it.

09/0712/11

12 ways to enjoy Chiang Rai

There’s a lot more to Chiang Rai than meets the eye. Here’s a list to get you started…

30/1202/02

Happy New Year from Chiang Rai, Thailand.

I have been waiting in anticipation for the unveiling of Chiang Rai’s Flower Festival at the Flag and Lamp Park (which is located downtown on Thanalai Rd). For about a month, I want to say, they have blocked it off, surrounded it with a high green wall of tarp and have been digging away with…

12/1202/02

You catch my eye Chiang Rai (bugs and stuff)

I love it when bugs show up conveniently.

09/1123/12

🍛 12 things I’ve learned about Chiang Rai (food shopping edition)

When we first moved here and I took a look at our neighborhood, I thought, “Dear God, we are going to have to go far to look for food.” But as it turned out, this was not the case. Where ever you live in Thailand, a local market or store is never too far away.…

21/0905/11

12 things I’ve learned about Chiang Rai (List #2)

Updated Nov 2018 Have you missed list #1? Go here. Otherwise, read on…

19/0805/11

12 things I’ve learned about Chiang Rai…

Strangely enough, I have found other bloggers (that I like!) with the same name as me. I know, it seems horribly vain to start a blog post like this, but as you know, anyone with a blog is like, OMG, REALLY into themselves.

11/0702/02

Chiang Rai: First Impressions

I underestimated how much my life would change. Part of this had to do with not knowing how my life would change. Nevertheless, I tried to guess. Originally, I thought my biggest adjustment would be down-shifting from busy Chiang Mai to quiet Chiang Rai, and while that is true, there is so much more to…

04/0602/02

What is Chiang Rai Beach?

Where to Songkran in Chiang Rai: // Chiang Rai Beach (aka Pattaya noi) // Sunday Walking Street (Sankhongnoi Rd) // Flag and Lamp Park (on Thanalai Rd)

16/0402/02

Moving to Chiang Rai

After about 4 years in Chiang Mai, I finally made the move. And what a move! I was so stressed out over our things making it in Kuhn Jan’s truck. I was fretting over the motorbike falling out of the truck as it seemed precariously perched on the tailgate. And I wondered how the office…