Sawadee.....................
ITINERARY:
Day 1: Singapore - Chiang Mai
Day 2: Chiang Mai
Day 3: Chiang Mai
Day 4: Chiang Mai - Pai
Day 5: Pai - Chiang Mai
Day 6: Chiang Mai - Singapore
DAY 1 (11 April 2012, Wednesday)
Upon touching down at Chiang Mai International Airport at 2300hrs, Michael was at the airport to pick us up to send us to Lux Hotel.
Our first meal in Chiang Mai, Mike's Original, the best burger in Chiang Mai
Over to Loy Kroh to Ben's Bar
DAY 2 (12 April 2012, Thursday)
The favourite kway teow noodle stall for breakfast. What's so special about this stall is that the uncle is able to speak Mandarin. It makes the whole ordering process simplified where he allows us to pick and choose the ingredients we want to add to our kway teow soup.
Tim Sum to enhance our breakfast
Posing with the elephants at the Airport Central Plaza
Lunch at Fuji Japanese Restaurant
Got a Paul Frank ipad sleeve at one of the many gadget stores at the Airport Central Plaza
After a tiring day of shopping, we went to Lila Massage for a 2hr traditional Thai massage. By the time we finished, we were again hungry and we had dinner at one of the street side stall selling Thai food.
Roti egg for supper
DAY 3 (13 April 2012, Friday)
Breakfast at Uncle's Kway Teow Soup stall again
Getting ready for Songkran! Waterproofed our handphones with the Ipega underwater casing for iphone!
Many of such stalls selling water guns to enhance the water festival experience.
Songkran started!
Paad Thai and yummy fried chicken for Lunch
Scooping water from the moat
Getting water from the giant mama mee cup noodles
Duke's Burger
Chilli Dog
Fish and Chips
Lots of fun amidst the songkran party
Getting some snacks at the Walking Street
Chilling out the the Chiang Mai Cocktail Cycle in front of Top North Hotel
Late night supper at the rooftop of Pornping Hotel, overlooking the entire Chiang Mai City
DAY 4 (14 April 2012, Saturday)
Starting the day with Uncle's Kway Teow Soup as usual
As the time spent in Chiang Mai is too long, we decided to head out to Pai for an overnight experience of the Songkran festival there. Enroute Route 107 and Route 1095, we stopped at the 32km restaurant for some freshly brewed coffee.
Arriving in Pai, stopping by Coffee In Love
Our resort in the Heart of Pai
Relaxing on a warm and lazy afternoon for lunch at Cake Go
Wat Mei Yan, at the hilltop of Pai
Songkran in the Pai River
Thai Dinner
Shopping at the Night Bazaar in Pai
DAY 5 (15 April 2012, Sunday)
Rise and shine, its another sunny day in Thailand!
Santichun Village
Yunnan dishes for breakfast!
Back to Coffee in Love again, for souvenirs, coffee and more photos!
The 140km journey from Pai to Chiang Mai would normally take us 2hrs, however due to Songkran celebrations around the moat, the massive traffic congestion took us more than 1.5hrs in excess of time spent in the car.
Bought a variety of food to eat at our hotel's balcony
The Sunday Walking Street is Chiang Mai's largest night bazaar. The 4km stretch of stalls selling a variety of products/food could have easily taken you at least 4hrs to walk by foot.
On our last night in Chiang Mai, we headed back at the cocktail cycle for drinks with the friendly barmaid
Midnight supper at Mike's Original
DAY 6 (16 April 2012, Monday)
A great sumptuous breakfast to end the trip!
With hours to spare, we headed to Lila Massage for a 2hrs oil massage session
Khao Soi for lunch at the airport before departing on Air Asia flight FD3451 for Singapore
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FAST FACTS
Air ticket: S$128
Accomodation: S$86
Transportation: S$16
Food & Beverage: S$162
Shopping: S$54
Massage & Miscellaneous: S$52
TOTAL EXPENDITURE: S$498
EXCHANGE RATE
S$1.00 = 24.40Baht
TRAVEL GUIDES / NEWS / MAGAZINES
Chiangmai Net
http://www.chiangmai.net/
Chiangmai-guideline.com
http://www.chiangmai-guideline.com/index.html
Chiangmai Travel information
http://www.asiatravel.com/north_info/chiangmai/intro.html
Travel Info
http://guidechiangmai.com/travel-info/
Chiang Mai Mall - Guide to areas around Chiang Mai
http://www.warthog.co.za/cmm/index.htm
Trips Thailand
http://www.tripsthailand.com/thailand_Major_Destinations_Chiang_Mai.php
Chiang Mai Guidebook
http://www.thailandguidebook.com/chiangmai.html
http://www.thailandguidebook.com/provinces/chiang_mai.html
CityLife Chiang Mai
http://www.chiangmainews.com/
Chiang Mai eGuide
http://www.chiangmaieguide.com/print/attraction_print.html
Amazing Thailand
http://www.amazing-thailand.com/Cmai.html
ChiangMai - ChiangRai
http://www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/
Destination Chiang Mai
http://www.destination-chiang-mai.com/index.html
One Stop Chiang Mai
http://www.1stopchiangmai.com/
Thailand GuestHouse Finder
http://www.thaiguesthousefinder.com/
Chiang Mai Thai House
http://www.chiangmaithaihouse.com/accom/accom.php
All About Pai
http://allaboutpai.com/
Thailand QA Forum
http://www.thailandqa.com/
Thai Visa Forum
http://www.thaivisa.com
Photography Thailand Forum
http://www.photographythailand.com/Forum/
Pop bike & car rental
www.popcarrentalchiangmai.com
Mr Mechanic MotorBike Rental
http://www.mr-mechanic1994.com/
TRIP REPORTS & BLOGS
Thailand Travel Blogs
http://www.thaitravelblogs.com/chiang-mai/index.php
Chiang Mai Festivals
http://www.chiangmai-rada.blogspot.com/
Ron Emmons 'Doing the Loop'
http://ronemmons.com/travel/thailand/
MAPS
http://www.chiangmai1.com/chiang_mai/map_of_chiang_mai.htm
http://www.thailandguidebook.com/map/index.htm
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