St Francis of Assisi ( 1181- 1226)

CHIANGMAI......THAILAND

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO FIND WHEN YOUR PLANE LANDS IN CHIANGMAI?

A SMALL AIRPORT AND A FRIENDLY ONE TO BE PRECISE.

TOURISTS ARE ARE A COMMON SIGHT IN CHIANGMAI SO IF YOU DECIDE TO GO SOLO IN CHIANGMAI YOU WILL DEFINITELY FEEL VERY MUCH AT PEACE AND WALKING ALONE IS VERY COMMON.

IF YOU NEED SOME SOME COMPANY,JUST HOP INTO ONE OF THOSE COFFEE BARS WHERE THE BARISTA ARE EVER SO FRIENDLY TO WHIPPED UP A LATTE OR A ICED BLENDED COFFEE JUST TO QUENCH YOUR LONELINESS!!!

pICTURES???

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SPAS AVAILABLE IN CHIANGMAI "OLD" TOWN WHERE THE STREETS ARE LINED WITH REFLEXOLOGY AND MASSAGE OUTLETS.

tHIS IS A GLIMPSE OF THE EVER FAMOUS "NIGHT BAZAAR"

USUALLY VISITORS WOULD LIKE THEIR HOTEL TO BE AS CLOSE TO THE BAZAAR AS POSSIBLE AS IT WOULD APPEAR ITS THE ONLY TO DO WHEN NIGHT FALLS!!!

WRONG.....YOU CAN WALK ALONG THE RIVER WHERE THE MOATS ONCE CIRCLE THE OLD CITY THOUGH THE SHOPS ALL CLOSE AT 8PM SHARP.

YOU CAN HEAD TO THE PUBS OR CLUBS FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART....BUT MOST VISITORS WOULD HAVE BEEN TIRED OUT AFTER THEIR DAY TRIP OUTSIDE CHIANGMAI WHICH IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.

PRESENTLY,THE HIGHWAYS ARE BEEN UPGRADED AND TO TRAVEL UP NORTH WOULD TAKE ABOUT 3HRS MAX....

UP NORTH WOULD BE THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE-LAOS/BURMA AND THAILAND

PETTY TRADERS CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE BURMA/THAILAND BORDER

VERY VERY BUSY THOROUGHFARE......THE TOUR GUIDE GAVE A HALF HOUR SHOPPING ALLOWANCE WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

IN CONCLUSION:

CHIANGMAI IS HEAVENLY FOR THOSE WHO LOVES TO BE PAMPERED.....OIL MASSAGE

PEDICURE... MANICURE....FAC IAL ...HAIR ANN EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE HUMAN BODY.ITS DEFINITELY FOR THE VAIN AND ADVENTUROUS.

THE HOTELS RANGE FROM THE EXCLUSIVE TO THE VERY BASIC SO ITS FOR EVERYBODY AND ITS FOR ANYBODY.YOU CAN RENT A BIKE FOR BHT150/- PER DAY.

HOTEL OR MOTELS ARE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE SO IT STARTS FROM BHTS200 UPWARDS.

BEST TIME TO VISIT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SCORCHED IS SEPT-DEC....

i WOULD LOOK OUT FOR THE THAI JELLY COCONUT MILK DESERT....NOODLES IN CURRY SAUCE IS A CHIANGMAI SPECIALTY AND OF COURSE THEIR THAI RICE BUT NOT STICKY RICE/MANGO....