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January 23, 2013
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New Menu at Gourmet Garage Subic Bay Freeport Zone

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I was so happy to be back in Subic just for the day – It’s really only a two hour drive – it’s a pleasant ride – the traffic really happens in Manila in Edsa but after that it’s straight all the way.  Mom and I left early and we did not have breakfast so that we could have breakfast in Gourmet Garage 🙂  I just love the placemats!

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Love the mug 🙂 That’s Mom’s coffee

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 Julian’s Frittata – named after Father Julian 🙂

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Garlic rice

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YUM!!! I was so happy there is raclette in the menu!!  Not for breakfast but we ordered it!! I was too excited! Look at that cute burner for the raclette!! Just like Mom to think of this

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 Then we continued on for lunch 🙂  I wish i could try everything on the menu!

Classico Verde

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  Marcos Sauce- one of the bestseller pastas

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 Chef Club Sandwich

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January 20, 2013
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Chiangmai Saturday Night Market

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The Saturday Market at Chiang Mai is world famous which is why this photo taken from the internet is really what it is!!  My sister told me to make sure to go here as recommended by Tita Tina.  I was surprised that Mom wanted to go 🙂  And true enough when we arrived here, they decided to turn back since the kids were also with us.  I wish I stayed and braved this.  It was tight but it was moving and you could still stop by the shops on the side.  The things here were very different from the markets in Bangkok and much much cheaper! Cheaper than Bangkok cheap! 

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In the 5 minutes we were there, I was able to buy some things immediately!  And this was the only photo I took of a vendor – it looked like longganisa! 🙂 and it looked good

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We left and the driver showed us the other end of the market and this was it – so much regrets for me – I wish I stayed

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January 20, 2013
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Elephant Camp and Rafting Chiang Mai

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We did one day tour in Chiang Mai, a bit tight but we did it all 🙂  Shopping in the morning plus a visit to the Cultural Center, then lunch then Elephant ride and rafting in the afternoon cultural-tours-in-chiang-mai-02.jpg

Heart2Heart loves loves elephants!! 🙂

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How cute a baby elephant! 🙂  But even if it was a baby, we were still scared to go near it

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They eat tons and tons of food in a day!

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It’s like a ride in an amusement park, you have to fall in line, go up a ramp to the station and then ride on the elephant 🙂

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You can feed the elephants 

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We liked this ride a bit better compared to the one in India because it had a water passage

Previous entry:  Dera Amer December 5, 2012 

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Although the one in India was probably much safer since it was more flat.  This one had a lot of uphills and downhills.  Another difference between the one in India was this was a full seat with a bar handle to hold, the one in India was a flat seat with legs stretching forward – a bit difficult but I realized later on that the flat one was safer since I was falling in this seat – a bit scary – I almost fell downward when the elephant stepped down.  Kids must hold on tight- there are no seat belts

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Hi Papa and Javier!!  It’s amazing how the guide just sits on the head of the elephant without anything strapped on them.  We were holding on really tight to our seat!

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In the middle of the trip, there is a food stand where you can buy food for the elephants and feed them 

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What we saw 

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Resting midway

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One of the rules is not to let your guide go down and take your photo, well ours did on his own and as soon as he went down – the elephant put up his trunk and blew on us!  It was a bit scary and could get scary if the elephant gets out of control so maybe better not to allow itimg_5625-copy.jpegelephant-camp-025.jpgelephant-camp-026.jpgelephant-camp-027.jpg

Going back passing water again

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You can’t ever get tired of feeding the elephants because they really eat a lot!

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Right after we went to the rafts

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A leisure ride through the river

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It was funny because when we got to the end, we saw this truck that arrived carrying the rafts – we figured they will bring the rafts back up instead of the rafts going back up manually – which is why we did not see any raft going the opposite direction 🙂

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January 20, 2013
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Cultural Tours in Chiang Mai

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Though you can really just stay in the resort and not go out of the place, there are still some places to go for sightseeing and discover Chiang Mai 🙂  The hotel has a desk where you can choose excursions around the city

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Mom chose this for us and a visit to the City Arts and Cultural Center

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Our tour guide

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City Arts and Cultural Center where they had a museum showing the history of Chiang Mai

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Then we went to the market!!  Again I have regrets because I was thinking we will see this in Bangkok, but apparently there are some things here that are not the same as in Bangkok 🙁

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Chicharon 🙂

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I thought dad bought birds to bring home!

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But apparently you buy the birds then set them free for good luck!  My sister said – it’s just a scam! haha!!

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Worms!

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More chicharon

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Silver Store

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Celadon

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January 19, 2013
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Thai at the Four Seasons Chiang Mai

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We had dinner here since we wanted to see the place 🙂

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Yay! Kids Menu 🙂

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Thai food in Chiang Mai is not the same Thai food we expected – It’s good but maybe we are just not used to the Thai food like what we get in Bangkok.  Nice presentation at the Four Seasons

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January 18, 2013
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Kaofae Fanclub Chiang Mai

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We ate out of the resort twice and this was one of them.  Our tour guide recommended it as it was near the Elephant camp we were going to

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No frills place but still clean and nice

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Prices are one tenth of the resort restaurants and everyone said this was the best restaurant among all the restaurants we ate in in Chiang Mai!  🙂

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Margs enjoying the spice!

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Loved the Thai Iced Tea!!!

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YUM!!

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January 18, 2013
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Colonial Suites at the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Devi Chiang Mai

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Another kind of accommodation in the resort is the Colonial suite – it’s not a villa where it has its independent space and it doesn’t have its own pool, but it is still beautiful and much better than a hotel room

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It is located near the main pool

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Which is beautiful!!

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The suite opens up to a balcony leading to the pool

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More views of the pool

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A sample room though there are bigger and better suites than this in the building

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It has a hallways leading to an ante room

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Then a living room separate from the bedroom

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Door to the bedroom

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Balcony going to the pool and garden

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January 18, 2013
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Mandalay Suite at the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Devi Chiang Mai

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So nice to see many kinds of villas at the resort!! We asked them to tour us around and here is another kind of villa!

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Kitchenette on the right as you enter the villa entrance

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Then you have the entrance to the suite

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Beautiful!!!

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Straight ahead from the living room is a door which leads directly to your pool!

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It has a jacuzzi feature by the steps

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I went to the garden and took a photo of the suite from the garden!  It’s a house! 🙂

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Sauna!!  this is outside by the pool

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and a two bedroom room

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More shots of the suite

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There is a staircase that leads up to an attic

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It’s just a sitting area with a nice view when you open the windows

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