I am returning to Chiang Mai, Thailand for a month of yoga, part-time work, and enjoying the culture, sights, and food. Along the way, I’ll spend just two days in Bangkok to see a few of my favorite sights (mainly Wat Arun & the Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho).

This will be my sixth successive winter in Bangkok & Chiang Mai, Thailand in what is really a yoga-focused month as I’ll be doing yoga every day at Wild Rose Yoga in Chiang Mai. The intent of this blog is to share my journey, a little of what I did each day with a few pictures of what I saw, the places visited, and the food I ate.

So I’ll say goodbye to the beach at Del Mar where I often walk in the morning; I will not see a beach for more than a month, as Bangkok is not really near any beaches, and Chiang Mai is much farther in the north not at all near a beach.
[The famous beautiful beaches of Thailand are in the south, along the long peninsula connecting Thailand to Malaysia.]

Note:
This is a continuation of my Camino de Santiago blog with a new title reflecting my new journey. The Camino de Santiago posts and previous Thailand posts are all here. Click on the “plus” sign in the upper left, or scroll to the bottom and select Archives, then look for Categories.

I have been to Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand for 4-5 weeks each of the previous five winters. Each of those trips was very different than the others even though I stayed at the same hotel in Bangkok and guest house in Chiang Mai. My motivation for this return to Chiang Mai is to do yoga every day at Wild Rose Yoga in Chiang Mai, visit temples in and around the city, and enjoy the culture, especially the food. I also enjoy the change of scenery & culture while I am able to work half-time at my job as a computer system administrator for a large medical group in the Los Angeles area.

I may make one more post as I prepare to leave for Thailand in just 9 days and then I hope to post every day while I am in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. As I have said a few times, I’ll try to keep the posts short, but there is much to see in Thailand and thus, much to say.