Sunday, June 22, 2008

Chiang Mai Trip (May 2008)

In Chiang Mai International airport. I will definately travel here again. I like Chiang Mai, people here are nice and it somehow did warm my heart. No doubt, it is a good place for you to relax. C ya, Chiang Mai!!!




Taking a breakfast in Suriwongse Hotel.


In Anusan market, near Night Bazaar.



Here we are, four of us taking a pic in Aang-Ka Trail.

Here is the highest spot in Thailand. A lot of wild and beautiful birds here, but i managed to see only one bird.



The scenery here is very nice.


Candice and me taking a pic outside the King's Pagoda.




Ain't my post looks weird?

Ohh, i like a midget...





Me and my sista. Each of us were holding an incense with flower; to pay the respect to the king.



Here we are, the Pagoda of the King.


The American Next Top Model?


The weather and scenery here just like Cameron Highlands.


Posting at a lantern stall. The lantern in Sunday Market is much cheaper than Night Bazaar.



The "orange bean" on the wood is actually a kind of insect which looks like a lady bird.



The lady who standing in the middle (with name tag) is our tour guide. Whereas, the foreign man is came from Austria.




We stopped by Vachirathrn Waterfall while we were on the way to National Park. The waterfall is splendid.



Pedicure moment with Jane. They charged us each 500 baht for Thai Massage, manicure and pedicure.




This pic was taken outside Baan Klang Doi, outside the information centre.


Chiang Mai; also known as “Chieng Mai” is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is located at north Bangkok and among some of the highest mountains in Thailand.

Since I had been to Chiang Mai before; I suggested to my gals to stay somewhere away from the city and take a breath of the clean air in a place which is away from the city. As such, Baan Klang Doi was our chosen place to stay with.

When we reached the resort… the scenery surrounding the resort was just nice. However, the rooms that we were going to stay were actually built with fine wood, those Thai and Lana’s style. The washroom of the room was open air, with no ceiling and it only covered with a transparent canvas. OMG, “what’s place is this?” I whispered to myself. Since we had paid the accommodation fees in full, so, we all decided to accept our “fate”.

However, I was totally pissed off when they billed us around 800 baht for four tomyam kung. This means that each of us needed to pay RM20. And, the tomyam that we consumed, I believed we can buy the same bowl of tomyam in Malaysia with only RM5. A grim mood has gripped the resort.
Hence, we all decided to move to another hotel which near the city (since Baan Klang Dai is 35-40mins away from the city and it costs 450-550baht each way to go to the city). So, we moved and stayed in Suriwongse- a hotel which I stayed while I was in Chiang Mai in year 2006. I felt much comfortable after moved to Suriwongse. Truthfully, Baan Klang Doi is only suitable for those natural lovers and not for the civilized people.

At night, we decided to go to Sunday market (which only opens on Sunday). There are a lot of things available there with reasonable price. We walked around there barely 2 hours, due to raining; we forced to go back to hotel.

2nd day, we took a tour in National Park and the King’s Pagoda.The National Park in Thailand is 2,500 above the sea level. The weather there is the same as Genting Highlands in Malaysia.

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