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We are Noi, Buhm, Nan, Oy and Swan we are all graduate students at the Faculty of Humanities English Department, Chiang Mai University. This is our first blog! We like to share our appreciation of Chiang Mai. We are your tour guide and take you around Chiang Mai, the city we love so much jao!!! If you have any questions you can ask us by posting a comment. We'd love to hear from you soon!
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Chiang Mai is my most favorite place in Thailand. I like culture, weather and food here. There are many things to do in Chiang Mai such as jungle trekking, bird watching or sight seeing tour. For those who are not adventure type, Chiang Mai is also known as paradise for shopper silk, cotton, silver, celadon and wood craving are very famous here. I would recommend Wua Lai Road for silver ware and accessories, Sankhampaeng Road for silk and celadon and Baan Tawai Craft Village for wood craving products and cotton.
Food in Chiang Mai is very good and cheap. Street food such as noodle soup or fried rice or Pad Thai is cost only 20-30 Baht. But for those who have sensitive stomach, street food is not recommended. However, food in the café and restaurant is not expensive either, but depends on where you are. Dining out at fine restaurant would cost approx. 500 – 1,000 Baht per person including a glass of wine.
Accommodation in Chiang Mai is available from bed & breakfast guesthouse, home stay to five stars hotel depending on your budget.
If you are planning to visit Chiang Mai and if you need any recommendation for accommodation, what to do or where to eat please feel free to let me know by posting a comment. I would love to answer your question.
Oy Phornthip
I’ve just moved to live in Chiangmai for half a year. I found that Chiangmai is a nice city. There are many beautiful places to travel and my favourite place is Doi Suthep. This temple is so beautiful and full of Lanna culture. Moreover, I enjoy many kinds of food here (delicious and cheap). Chiangmai people are also kind and friendly and I feel very impressive. Everything about Chiangmai in my point of view is quite positive except for the traffic congestion. I’ve recently noticed that the traffic is very jammed like Bangkok. People here prefer to use their own cars and motorcycles to public transportation. I don’t want Chiangmai to be like Bangkok full of air-polluted and sound-polluted problems. It would be a good idea if people rode more bikes and used public buses.
The hot season
I like the hot season because Chiang Mai again belongs to the people who live here. In the cold season Chiang Mai is full of toursits and cars. Now the streets are ours again. Of course, it wouldn't suggest to cruise the roads of Chiang Mai in the hot afternoon sun, but in the morning and in the evening it is quite nice to go for a ride.
What is paritcular nice in the hot season are the blossoms on the trees all over Chiang Mai, along the moat, on campus of CMU, on the way up to Doi Suthep and along the roads. Bougainvilleas (Fuang Fha)are presenting themselves in all their vivid colors.
Chiang Mai offers beauty even in it's hottest and driest months.
By Swan
The land of Lanna…., Chiang Mai, I've been here for 6 years since I was the first year at CMU. For me, Chiang Mai is a fascinating city including its rich traditional heritage and unique culture. I think Chiang Mai is one of the few places in Thailand where it is possible to find the centuries-old chedis and temples next to modern stores and hotels in the heart of the city, we can touch both old tradition and modern here. That is also a reason why many tourists from each corner in the world come to visit in this wonderful land. There are also many famous tourist attractions here such as Doi Inthanon (the highest mountain of Thailand) that is my favorite place, Doi Suthep, Mae Klang waterfall, national parks including Umbrella Making Centre (at Borsang) and handicrafts. Besides, I found that Chiang Mai residents are warm, gracious and congenial, this provided a great hospitality which made visits memorable and meaningful. After I spent my life here, I discovered that I loved many things in Chiang Mai such as cuisine, traditional values, festivals, architecture and especially northern language (although I can’t speak, I can understand well).
By Nan
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