Monthly Archives: January 2017

If you’re leaving the walled section of Chiang Mai and headed over to the train station, you should be able to easily find Warorot Market on the way. Unlike the night market in Chiang Mai, Warorot seems to be more … Continue reading →

Just south of Chiang Mai’s inner city lies Wat Sri Suphan, better known as The Silver Temple.As you can see, the outside, and most of the inside is entirely coated with silver, aluminum and zinc plating and silver decorations. The … Continue reading →

For lunch we went to the Mark Wiens-recommended SP Chicken: the gai yang specialists. Gai yang is basically Thai-style whole grilled chicken. It’s a very common dish in Thai cuisine, but Susannah had never tried it. Unlike most places we saw, SP cooks … Continue reading →

Wat Suan Dok is a sprawling, wide-open, temple complex outside the main walls of Chiang Mai. It has multiple significant buildings including a huge, golden chedi, a spacious main hall, and a cluster of a dozen or so white mausoleums.  … Continue reading →

Our hotel offered a complimentary breakfast (or maybe we opted into getting one when we made our reservations but weren’t aware of it?) with a few Western style breakfast options, as well a one or two Thai dishes. I went … Continue reading →

After relaxing for a short while, we headed back out to see the night market in Chiang Mai, something which is overwhelmingly popular. What we found gave us somewhat mixed opinions, but overall is was a good experience for some … Continue reading →

Wat Sumpow was visible from our balcony, since it was located just next door to our hotel. This Wat was either under construction or renovation, so it was kinda of interesting to see what goes into a modern Wat building. … Continue reading →

The Chedi Luang temple complex is in the center of Chiang Mai’s old town. The main building is the Luang chedi, which was originally built in the 14th century. It’s dilapidated nature gives it a unique look compared to some of … Continue reading →

For our first real meal in Chiang Mai we wanted to get Northern Thai food because we were in a northern city. We went to our first Mark Wiens recommended restaurant, and it was some of the best food we … Continue reading →

As usual, we decided to go to the museum first, in order to get some context to our surroundings. Housed in an old court house, this small museum provides a nice introduction to the history, culture and people of Northern Thailand. … Continue reading →