Day 1: This was back in end of June 2017. We camped at the camp ground the night before we started hiking. We woke up early around 5.30 a.m. when it was still dark. We had quick breakfast but we spent forever for packing. We literally started at 9.00 a.m. on the trail head. we…
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Little Truckee Ice Creamery: New tasty ice cream place in North Lake Tahoe
I needed something sweet after a hike. This ice-cream place was very close to the Donner trail that we went. We stopped here. This place just opened not long ago. I got chocolate and Ben got coffee flavor. My chocolate was concentrated and a bit bitter which I loved it very much. Coffee ice-cream tasted…
Donner peak: Day hike in North Lake Tahoe
This was back in June. I had never been to the north part of Lake Tahoe before so we decided to hike to Donner peak. There was a bit of water on the trail because the snow was melting down. As we got closer to the top, we found more snow up here. The trail…
MacDuff: British pub food in South Lake Tahoe
I was surprised by the food portion here. It was a lot. I could split it in three meals. This place was so popular. After we waited for a while, we got the table. I ordered corn beef. Ben got hamburger with french fried. Food was nice. I liked Ben’s hamburger more than mine.
Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe: so beautiful
Lake Tahoe is one of my favorite place in California, especially Emerald bay at south lake Tahoe. The small island is in the middle of the blue lake. It is a very beautiful scenery. The waterfall in the photo is Eagle fall. We parked a car by the road and took a picture of the…
Riva Grill: Nice place in Lake Tahoe
Riva grill is a nice restaurant by the Lake. We got onion soup, fish taco and salad with salmon. Onion soup was the best one from any onion soup that I had ever tried. I liked my fish taco. Fish tasted nice and fresh. Salad was also great.
White Temple (Wat Rong Khun): beautiful temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand
The most beautiful temple in Thailand is White Temple or Wat Rong Khun. This place was designed and painted by the famous Thai artist, Chalermchai Kositpipat. He is the one of my favorite artist. I like his artwork. This place used to be the old temple and it was reconstructed to be the wonderful temple like…
Coffee farm and nice local food in Doi Chang, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Doi Chang is a place that grows coffee so it is a destination for coffee lover. We stopped for lunch at Doi Chang View. The view at this restaurant was great. I could see the mountain scene below me. We got Pad Yod Mara (stir fried vegetable), stir fried potato and Pa Tom Som (spicy…
See the sunrise at Phu Chi Fa in Chiang Rai Thailand
We got here in the evening. Our attempt was to see the sunrise early in the morning. We had to woke up at 4.00 a.m. Then we took a truck at 4.30 a.m. and walked about 1 k.m. to get to the top of Phu Chi Fa. We waited more than an hour before the…
Wat Phra That Pha Ngao: Holy temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Since I read a tale about this place, I decided to visit this temple. In the tale, there was a local guy. He dreamed that a monk told him about the Buddha image underground. After he woke up, he told everyone in the village and started to dig in the spot, which that monk told…
Doi Tung: Mae Fa Lung Garden and Doi Tung Villa in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Doi Tung was our next destination. We drove from Doi Mae Salong which had nice tea plantation to Doi Tung. We stayed at Doi Tung Lodge that was very closed to Mae Fa Lung Garden and Doi Tung Villa. The street outside was closed every weekend because they used this space for the market. We went…
Jun-ka-Pak: Organic farm and restaurant in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Jun-ka-Pak is a vegetarian place. They cook vegetable from their organic farm in this area. We got Nam Pik Noom with fried vegetable, Kang Lieng (spicy soup) and vegetable tempura. Food was nice and fresh. After that we walked in the farm, there were many flowers and ducks. We had homemade ice-cream before we left.
