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Thursday, 24 August 2017

How to explore The Best of Everything in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Elaborately decorated dragons at a temple (wat) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Chiang Mai, Thailand is one of the few cities in the world that I have found endlessly livable. I loved the year I spent living as an expat and enjoying the culture, food, and history. I spent a fair bit of my time glued to my computer — I work as a I travel and have for years continued freelance consulting. But with a year, I explored plenty of this pretty city and found many favorite spots I would return to time and again. Some of the spots mentioned here are in all the guidebooks — they’re there for a reason! But other spots are local haunts known to the expat community (and now you!)

This page shares all of my favorite places, photos, tips and recommendations. In many cases, after several emails from friends asking for tips, I decided to collect all these emailed insider tips into one spot. If you’re thinking of living in Chiang Mai for a few months, or a few years, I also have a wildly popular cost of living breakdown for Thailand, as well as other popular expat spots. I also have a Thailand Travel Guide, it has everything you should know before you visit. For this city guide, it’s far from comprehensive, but rather a “getting started” guide for visitors to town. Below you’ll find: a selection of my favorite vegetarian eats around town; the sights, temples and markets you shouldn’t miss; places to stay; and the more popular (and ethical) of the day-trips around Chiang Mai.

Wats (Temples)Plan on dedicating at least a day to exploring the temples around Chiang Mai. This region of Thailand has the densest concentration of wats in the entire country — there’s a lot to see. Rent a bike from any of the local vendors in the backpacker area of town (Northwest corner inside the moat). Then explore Chiang Mai by winding your bike through the narrow lanes and back alleys and into all the nooks and crannies holding temples, statues, buddhas, dragons, and more. There are a lot of Wats. Pick a few, wake up early, and visit before it gets too hot and crowded. My four favorites, listed here, are all must-visits and have unique aspects that make them distinct among the city’s many options. ...... keep reading ...... http://bit.ly/2w884qq

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Thursday, 8 June 2017

The Best of Everything in Chiang Mai, Thailand

The prominent gold chedi at the temple at the top of Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Thailand

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This page shares all of my favorite places, photos, tips and recommendations. In many cases, after several emails from friends asking for tips, I decided to collect all these emailed insider tips into one spot. If you’re thinking of living in Chiang Mai for a few months, or a few years, I also have a wildly popular cost of living breakdown for Thailand, as well as other popular expat spots. I also have a Thailand Travel Guide, it has everything you should know before you visit. For this city guide, it’s far from comprehensive, but rather a “getting started” guide for visitors to town. Below you’ll find: a selection of my favorite vegetarian eats around town; the sights, temples and markets you shouldn’t miss; places to stay; and the more popular (and ethical) of the day-trips around Chiang Mai.

Festivals & Celebrations

The province of Chiang Mai is filled with beautiful celebrations throughout the year. Somewhere near Chiang Mai city, there is some sort of interesting festival taking place every month of the year. I made a habit of visiting everything on the calendar at least once, even the small ones in nearby towns. Some make fun day trips from the city, other festivals — like Songkran and Loy Krathong — take over the entire city of Chiang Mai. Check the calendar and see if you’re in town for any of these fun ones: ....... keep reading ...... http://snip.ly/t9cqd

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Friday, 5 February 2016

The Top 10 reasons you need to travel Phuket,Thailand

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I know I'm not the first Irish person to head to Thailand.

I know I'm not the first to gush about it either. But there's so much about this place that draws us shivering cold Irish in, from backpackers to foodies and adventurers to anyone in need of good old-fashioned R&R. This destination has everything.
It took me a while to discover that. For years, I was caught in a cycle of visiting the same places every year merely out of comfort. At 25, I thought I'd missed my chance of island-hopping and full moon parties, but I was wrong.

Breaking that cycle has led to the greatest holiday of them all.

Lots of people who visit Thailand spend time travelling around, but this is a long way to go to be a nomad... particularly if your trip is short.

That's why I decided to base our trip in Phuket - it's Thailand's biggest island, but it's still small (49km2), diverse and easy to get around. Yes, it can be tatty. But here are lots of day trips available, you can party in places like Patong, Phuket town and Phi Phi, and you can embrace the wondrous nature if you go west or south of Phuket to Rawai or Cape Panwa. It's the best of all worlds! ...........keep reading ... http://bit.ly/1TUlLgO

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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai is a great place just to hang out

Chiang Mai, the capital and transport centre of the north, is a great place just to hang out or prepare for a journey into the hills. For many tourists, this means joining a trek to visit one or more of the hill tribes, who comprise one-tenth of the north’s population and are just about clinging onto the ways of life that distinguish them from one another and the Thais around them (see The hill tribes). For those with qualms about the exploitative element of this ethnological tourism, there are plenty of other, more independent options.

A trip eastwards from Chiang Mai to the ancient city-states of Lampang, Phrae and Nan can be highly rewarding, not only for the dividends of going against the usual flow of tourist traffic, but also for the natural beauty of the region’s upland ranges – seen to best effect from the well-marked trails of Doi Khun Tan National Park – and for its eccentric variety of Thai, Burmese and Laotian art and architecture. Congenial Lampang contains wats to rival those of Chiang Mai for beauty – in Wat Phra That Lampang Luang the town has the finest surviving example of traditional northern architecture anywhere – while little-visited Phrae, to the southeast, is a step back in time to a simpler Thailand. Further away but a more intriguing target is Nan, with its heady artistic mix of Thai and Lao styles and steep ring of scenic mountains.

To the west of Chiang Mai, the trip to Mae Hong Son takes you through the most stunning mountain scenery in the region into a land with its roots across the border in Burma, with the option of looping back through Pai, a laidback, sophisticated hill station that’s become a popular hub for treks and activities. Bidding to rival Chiang Mai as a base for exploring the countryside is Chiang Rai to the north; above Chiang Rai, the northernmost tip of Thailand is marked by the Burmese border crossing at Mae Sai and the junction of Thailand, Laos and Burma at Sop Ruak. Fancifully dubbed the “Golden Triangle”, Sop Ruak is a must on every bus party’s itinerary – but you’re more likely to find peace and quiet among the ruins of nearby Chiang Saen, set on the leafy banks of the Mekong River.........Read more: http://snip.ly/j44yt