Chang Mai--Thailand.
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http://www.asiarooms.com/thailand/chiang_mai.html?...
Gives you a good review on most places.
I have only stayed in guesthouses there which i guess you probably don't want after a 14 hour flight!
Gives you a good review on most places.
I have only stayed in guesthouses there which i guess you probably don't want after a 14 hour flight!
Must do hilltribe trekking - 2 or 3 days into the hills visiting local villagers and experiencing something very different to the standard Thai itinerary.
I did some quad biking out of town up in the hills. It was great fun heading up deserted mountain tracks and the views at the top were unreal!
I'd also recommend hiring a bike and heading up Doi Suthep (the mountain overlooking Chiang Mai) both for the views and the experience of bombing down back into Chiang Mai on a superb piece of road!
I did some quad biking out of town up in the hills. It was great fun heading up deserted mountain tracks and the views at the top were unreal!
I'd also recommend hiring a bike and heading up Doi Suthep (the mountain overlooking Chiang Mai) both for the views and the experience of bombing down back into Chiang Mai on a superb piece of road!
Use this place :
http://www.sawadee.com/hotels/chiangmai.html
Great service and probably the most popular booking service for Thailand.
Can't recommend this place highly enough for a good, standard hotel and one of the best breakfasts in Thailand. It is smack bang in the middle of the night market and has loads of facilities nearby. Anout £20-£25 a night (1500B) A ridiculous bargain really.
http://www.sawadee.com/hotel/chiangmai/duangtawan/
Also for a great experience try the restaurant (Palaad Tawanron) that is located half way up the mountain (Doi Suthep) in the Chiang Mai zoo, fantastic views and atmosphere.
Also have a wander around the old Chiang Mai within the old walls, get a massage from ex-women prisoners, they were a great bunch of girls and it was an experience.
Another great thing to do is play golf at Royal Chiang Mai, with a good caddy it can be a real fun day out.
http://www.sawadee.com/hotels/chiangmai.html
Great service and probably the most popular booking service for Thailand.
Can't recommend this place highly enough for a good, standard hotel and one of the best breakfasts in Thailand. It is smack bang in the middle of the night market and has loads of facilities nearby. Anout £20-£25 a night (1500B) A ridiculous bargain really.
http://www.sawadee.com/hotel/chiangmai/duangtawan/
Also for a great experience try the restaurant (Palaad Tawanron) that is located half way up the mountain (Doi Suthep) in the Chiang Mai zoo, fantastic views and atmosphere.
Also have a wander around the old Chiang Mai within the old walls, get a massage from ex-women prisoners, they were a great bunch of girls and it was an experience.
Another great thing to do is play golf at Royal Chiang Mai, with a good caddy it can be a real fun day out.
Edited by thehawk on Wednesday 6th May 12:33
go to a club called Bubbles, loads of totti in there, think there is another club next to that. Above the clubs there is a hotel(forgive me if im a bit out with this one, I was steaming drunk when I went...) Jungle trecking is a must, the white water rafting is imense and to chill out some bamboo rafting...
I stayed a at a hostel called bamboo lodge(inn) that was nice cheap cheap, but I presume you want a hotel!!!
Oh sunday market and night markets are standard, you have to haggle....
I stayed a at a hostel called bamboo lodge(inn) that was nice cheap cheap, but I presume you want a hotel!!!
Oh sunday market and night markets are standard, you have to haggle....
the best place to stay is the RIMPING VILLAGE.top class service and nothing is to much trouble for the staff.Check its reviews on Trip Advisor.This is one off the best hotels I've ever stayed in.
Another good find was a restaurent near the back entrance to the zoo,we were the only farangs in when we went.Not many taxi drivers know it but percevere you will not be disappointed.Buy a Nancy Chandler map,s
t to use but show all the places off interest,paper umbrella factory etc.
Another good find was a restaurent near the back entrance to the zoo,we were the only farangs in when we went.Not many taxi drivers know it but percevere you will not be disappointed.Buy a Nancy Chandler map,s
t to use but show all the places off interest,paper umbrella factory etc.Another must do.PATARA ELEPHANT FARM.Took the wife and kids at Christmas on private trip(£800)as it's a one time only type trip.At the end of the day I didn't begrudge spending that much.even now, when my kids(8&10) talk about it, they get excited and still call the elephants by name(mine was called Kwan)
We stayed in the D2 in Dec 2007. A very "modern" (read: arty) hotel, but nice rooms, very good location, excellent breakfast and faultless service, most notably the complete lack of argument when our laundy came back partly-discoloured - apology, zero charge for laundry, plus compensation for 2 spoiled tops. 4* rating and worth it...wouldn't hesitate to recommend the place, even if perhaps a little over your budget...but depending on when you're going you might get a bargain...
"must do's"?
1) We were very impressed by the Elephant Nature Park (google it) - you pay to "volunteer" at the Park, which is actually a sanctuary for rescued elephants (orphaned, ex-logging, injured etc.). Either a day-trip or longer (they've rooms there, but 1-star stuff). Think we paid US$50 each for a day, which included travel to and from C-Mai plus a (good) buffet lunch. Volunteering involves going to the market to buy food for the elephants, going to the sanctuary, feeding the elephants, then after lunch washing the elephants in the river and then chilling out chatting in a 'hut on stilts'. Completely genuine place, no marketing guff or profit made anywhere...awesome day!
2) Not a must-do but still quite cool - we booked a taxi for the day and visited Doi Inthanon National Park (DI is the tallest mountain in Thailand - 2,500+m), which has great views, some woodland walks and a few temples.
3) Night market near the D2. Some real bargains there, even considering they're knock-offs.
4) Otherwise just explore the town/city.
"must do's"?
1) We were very impressed by the Elephant Nature Park (google it) - you pay to "volunteer" at the Park, which is actually a sanctuary for rescued elephants (orphaned, ex-logging, injured etc.). Either a day-trip or longer (they've rooms there, but 1-star stuff). Think we paid US$50 each for a day, which included travel to and from C-Mai plus a (good) buffet lunch. Volunteering involves going to the market to buy food for the elephants, going to the sanctuary, feeding the elephants, then after lunch washing the elephants in the river and then chilling out chatting in a 'hut on stilts'. Completely genuine place, no marketing guff or profit made anywhere...awesome day!
2) Not a must-do but still quite cool - we booked a taxi for the day and visited Doi Inthanon National Park (DI is the tallest mountain in Thailand - 2,500+m), which has great views, some woodland walks and a few temples.
3) Night market near the D2. Some real bargains there, even considering they're knock-offs.
4) Otherwise just explore the town/city.
The Ben said:
go to a club called Bubbles, loads of totti in there, think there is another club next to that. Above the clubs there is a hotel(forgive me if im a bit out with this one, I was steaming drunk when I went...)
Ah, the old Pornping Hotel and Bubbles Discotheque, full of freelancers and ladyboys. The hotel is actually OK, not a short-time place at all. The 'totti' is usually rather average though (stunning by UK standards) and it's usually the ones the Thais reject, a bit like John West and his salmon. There are a couple of other areas which are pretty much Thai exclusive night-time districts and the women there are just painfully stunning, but generally Westerners stand no chance, although you'll still have a great night as they are usually so friendly.Edited by thehawk on Thursday 7th May 02:21
Definitely do NOT stay at the Lotus Pang - it's a st hole. Managed two nights and had to get out.
Cosmopolitan tourists that we are, we stayed above a Swiss-run pub called the Queen Victoria for 2 weeks at the end of March just gone. Lovely big room, AC, free wifi, inside the walls and away from the much more touristy places. 700 baht a night. I can heartily recommend it
There's loads of stuff to do, obviously, but I particularly enjoyed Tiger Kingdom, and if you like your temples there's about a million of them
t hole. Managed two nights and had to get out.Cosmopolitan tourists that we are, we stayed above a Swiss-run pub called the Queen Victoria for 2 weeks at the end of March just gone. Lovely big room, AC, free wifi, inside the walls and away from the much more touristy places. 700 baht a night. I can heartily recommend it
There's loads of stuff to do, obviously, but I particularly enjoyed Tiger Kingdom, and if you like your temples there's about a million of them
Edited by bigandclever on Thursday 7th May 09:06
bigandclever said:
Cosmopolitan tourists that we are, we stayed above a Swiss-run pub called the Queen Victoria for 2 weeks at the end of March just gone. Lovely big room, AC, free wifi, inside the walls and away from the much more touristy places. 700 baht a night. I can heartily recommend it
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