On Thursday afternoon we flew out of Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Everyone in the airport was beyond helpful. We could really see how much they value tourism. We had lunch in the airport where we could eat burger king, auntie annes and even dunkin donuts. We stuck with the Thai food which was all in English and Americanized. We assumed that it must not be that common for Thai people to fly domestically. We boarded our plane via bus which took us only to the next gate over. The plane was very clean with bright seat covers and calming music playing. They served us lunch again which was a vegetable sandwich and a Thai sort of fruit cake. We have learned to never depend on the airline food for a meal, but this one was not too bad. The flight was only 55 minutes.
We arrived in Chiang Mai with our new guide, Bamee, picking us up and transporting us to our next hotel. We quickly saw why so many people we spoke with love this city. It is located in a more mountainous region, the tempature is cooler and the life style is much slower. Definitely a city more for us.
Our hotel, Yaang Come Village, is wonderful as they greeted us with fresh squeezed oj. We were also put in the honeymoon suite as our bed was covered in a heart of roses. We decided to put on our swim suites and relax by the pool for the next couple of hours.
We left the hotel prior to them spraying down for Mosquitos. Thank god Christie got us our high powered deat and malaria medicine. We went to a hotel down the street called the Chedi, which was recommended by one of our friends in boulder. This hotel was stunning as it was modern day Chinese architecture. We had a delicious tea set and a lemongrass martini in spirit of grandma Mandel. The experience was amazing with candle lighting in shallow pools. Next time we are here we will stay at the chedi.
After The Chedi we were told to go to the night market. We were told that this market had a lot of souvenirs. Oh boy we had no idea. It was at least a mile long and a half of mile wide of non stop knock off purses, ie Gucci, Louis Vutton, Prada, and shirts, ie polo and lacaste, and elephants. It was our little haven and we definitely helped the Thai Economy to say the least.
After several hours at the market and now being very exhausted we had dinner at our hotel. Christie had an amazing curry dish that was the best thing she has had here. We headed back to our room watched some good old law and order and fell asleep. Until tomorrow.....
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