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 Chiang Mai, Thailand travel tales
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| G Abel |
15 September 2003 |
Stayed at Lana Thai Villa - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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We only had a couple of days in Chiang Mai, which is not enough. The night market offers different shopping than found in BKK, and the hilltribes are worth seeing, although are touristy.
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| K Nicholls |
11 September 2003 |
Stayed at Chiang Mai Hill 2000 Hotel - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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A good destination with something for everyone. Excellent shopping, adventure with trekking, bungy jumping and rafting and places of historic interest with the temples and the tribal villages to explore. I hired a car with driver for very resonable rates or used local transport which is plentiful and goes anywhere you want to go. Restaurants are plentiful as are bars and nightspots...it is just a matter of finding the one that suits you.
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| A Price |
28 July 2003 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Chiang Mai Cookery School! Picked us up at the hotel for a spicy day complete with a market tour, fruit tasting and six course meal. Open air kitchen with roof, surrounded by palm trees and vast fields. The instructors were wonderful and quick to make suggestions as to how to replicate the dishes at home with local substitutions. Felt welcome in a local home - the kitchen is an addition to the owner's house...feel free to take a dip in the pool post curry and noodles.
The hotel booked us on a one day trek that was packed with variety: light hike, two villages, jungle sites, waterfall swim, fresh pineapple, elephant ride and bamboo rafts. A good look at the natural beauty of the North with out straying too far from Chiang Mai.
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| M Rolo |
14 July 2003 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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We visited the wats, not located in the centre of the city, by tuk-tuk. It took us 3 hours and you can arrange a very good price for this. For the rest of tours: elephants, water falls or Doi Suthep, we suggest rent a car with driver.
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| R Docherty |
01 July 2003 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Get up early and visit the morning market in Chiang Mai for a real taste of what local life in Thailand is really all about. A must see...smell...and hear!
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| H Nguyen |
25 June 2003 |
Stayed at Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, The - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Food at the night market was delicious, cheap, and clean. I also enjoyed the one-day trekking tours, though for those with weak stomachs, the elephant tours could be challenging at times. The trip to Chiang Rai was not so interesting, mostly taken to touristy places such as markets that sold uninteresting products. The only redeeming qualities about my Chiang Rai tour was seeing the Golden Triangle and my tour guide. Food (lunch provided) on these tours was awful.
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| S Cheong |
08 June 2003 |
Stayed at Suriwongse Hotel - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Food is as it gets in Thailand - delicious and cheap. Lots of normal tourist shopping available.
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| T Ramp |
05 May 2003 |
Stayed at Lana Thai Villa - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Because we stayed out that the Four Seasons/Regent we really were restricted to having the house staff arrange transportation on a daily basis. The price was affordable and having a driver waiting for you to help with packages was very helpful. The hotel itself had a bicycles (even with some babyseats) for patron use.
The hotel's food was very good although a bit more expensive than at restaurants in Chiang Mai. The guesthouse provide recommendations and reservations for other restaurant. All were reasonably priced. Their were snake farms and elephants tours nearby and all day excursions to visit village life in minority tribes but they all seems very commercialized to me.
I ended up purchasing a lot of celadon and wood carvings as these are a speciality of northern Thailand.
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| R Stenning |
04 May 2003 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Very close to everything you need in Chiang Mai: Art Cafe, Whole Earth, Night Market etc. are all a 50 baht tuk-tuk ride away.
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| D Crawford |
03 May 2003 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Do take the tours offered by the friendly excursion desk. The elephant ride, waterfall, river rafting, tribe village trip made one unbelievably busy and satisfying day.
If you can, take the 4 hour drive north to visit the long-neck Karen tribe, cross the Myanmar border and take the fast boat ride to the Laos Market, driving thru Chiang Rai on your way back to Chiang Mai. Use the tuk-tuks at 50 Baht to get around C.M. Also use those wacky red open paddy wagons at 10 Baht a person. FUN!
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