We had a wonderful guide, Sipohn, who took us to Doi Inthanon national park, which is about 1.5 hour by car. He went out of his way to make sure we have a great time.
Sipohn is not your typical tour/trekking guide. Because he has a deep understanding of Buddhism, (he has a masters or phD degree in Buddhism) he treats everyone with such sincerity and kindness. He has a great relationship with the Karen people who live in a village in Doi Inthanon. He can speak the language of Karen people and often chatted with the Karens as he showed us around the village. He took us to the school and the kids all seem to know him and came right up to him. We also tasted the wonderful coffee, grown and roasted by the village people. It was soooo delicious. We even brought some beam home. He took us hiking in a unmarked trail that only the village people know. Along the hike we passed beautiful waterfalls, creeks, forest of bamboos and trees, and picturesque terrace rice fields.
We also went to three other well know waterfalls. They are beautiful. Doi inthanon is definitely a highlight of my 16 day trip. Sipohn no doubt has added to my experience.
an outstanding tour guide
So how do we contact sipohn to do tour with him. there are 4 of us travelling together to Chang-mai in 2 weeks
an outstanding tour guide
I have another guide contact ';Joy'; who we used for 2 days. There seems to be a lot of good ones which is great but his email is onecoolsoda@hotmail.com
his website is www.Thailand-private-drivers.com
He gave us a guided tour of the temple in the hills he is a buddist also so can explain the philosophy, translated when needed, answered all questions, his English is great and tells you all you need to know ............the car seats 6/7. He took us to great restaurants and on one of the days it was $8 for the 3 of us ! Great sense of humor too ! We used him for nearly 2 days and it was $84 or 2500 Baht and you of course pay for his lunch. Just fantastic.
Hi superdds,
May I know how many days did you hire him for and how did he charge you? If you don%26#39;t mind, may I know how much did you pay for his services as well?
Thanks.
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