ourmanflint Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I know this is a silly tourist question and I wouldn’t normally ask, but having just arrived and found the old town to be like a set from a dystopian zombie movie, there is no life at all, is anything actually still open? Weekend Markets etc it took us 45 minutes to find a decent place to eat last night. Would not have believed how bad things had got unless I had seen it with my own eyes 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahseer Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Saturday morning there's Chamcha market which is 8kms from Thapae off the San Kampaeng road and was busy 2 weeks back. If you fancy a feed Meena Rice is at the bottom end of the market and serves decent Thai food plus other simple options in the compound. https://www.facebook.com/ChamchaMarket/ Sunday between 06-1400 Jing Jai market is worth a look. It's back in its previous traffic free area on Atsadathon road next to Lotus Kham Thiang. Plenty of food outlets both fresh and cooked plus normally couple of music options after 0800 and plenty of shops selling hand made goods. If you fancy quality Thai food beside the river Wanlamun just along from Nawarat bridge is the best I know but individual tastes vary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sticky Rice Balls Posted January 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Nimman.. Is like night and day...as i bike both areas daily.. I even sent tourists there today as they held a map at TP gate and were looking for a place to have wine.....old town is barren at night Nimman is pumping nightly as I cut thru the chaos on my way home Edited January 7, 2022 by Sticky Rice Balls 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 For a good meal try L'elephant. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) There's always a few boring temples to see. If you can get outta there and go to Hua Hin or Bangkok. At least there's still a little life and plenty of things to do! Lots of good restaurants and premium hotels have never been so cheap! Edited January 7, 2022 by MrJ2U 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Some stand by’s Sunday walking street was re upped a month back, has increased in numbers every week since. It makes you feel like the city is alive again. For breakfast, Jok Somphet on the north side of the old town. A, Khi Ka Ta shop on the south next to Chiang Mai gate market at 37 Phra Pokklao street. Maybe because other places are closed, both fill up fast. Dinner at The Riverside. Still a great place for a nice Ping river, Doi Suthep, sunset view. Great Thai/western menu. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 21 hours ago, ourmanflint said: it took us 45 minutes to find a decent place to eat last night. Would not have believed how bad things had got unless I had seen it with my own eyes Seeing as the Thais got a letter stating 'you should not leave your home from 5th-19th Jan' because of the rampant spread of COVID. It seems unlikely much will be happening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 10 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: Nimman.. Is like night and day...as i bike both areas daily.. I even sent tourists there today as they held a map at TP gate and were looking for a place to have wine.....old town is barren at night Nimman is pumping nightly as I cut thru the chaos on my way home Think we figured that out. Went to Tong Tem Toh for lunch and it was heaving. Seems more normal there, old town like a cemetery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 10 hours ago, MrJ2U said: There's always a few boring temples to see. If you can get outta there and go to Hua Hin or Bangkok. At least there's still a little life and plenty of things to do! Lots of good restaurants and premium hotels have never been so cheap! Yeah, did the temples yesterday including wat ched yod which was a new one for us, very cool indeed. Only here to wait for wife’s family to pick us up Monday to go back to Phrae. had to do an extended 10 day isolation before going back to family just in case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 39 minutes ago, ourmanflint said: Yeah, did the temples yesterday including wat ched yod which was a new one for us, very cool indeed. Only here to wait for wife’s family to pick us up Monday to go back to Phrae. had to do an extended 10 day isolation before going back to family just in case. Definitely worse places to isolate. I'd find it interesting to be there when its so slow. I've only been there when it's overflowing with Chinese Tourists and the hotel prices high for what you get. Enjoy yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 What was the point of the 10 day isolation, and then going to busy restaurant (risk of infection) while waiting to return to Phrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, ourmanflint said: Yeah, did the temples yesterday including wat ched yod which was a new one for us, very cool indeed. Only here to wait for wife’s family to pick us up Monday to go back to Phrae. had to do an extended 10 day isolation before going back to family just in case. The underground tunnels at Wat Umong are worth a look. And then feed the snapping turtles and fish on the temple island. Sticky waterfalls (nam tok bua tong) 40Km north are unusual. Straight up the 1001. Edited January 8, 2022 by BritManToo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahseer Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Riverside shut down through 9th due to outbreak as has the nearby Good View. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalGuy Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Avoid all Cities in pandemic. Phuket for tropical paradise experience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) Suggestions of restaurants, markets and temples. Things that every city has. No one mentioned the wonderful malls? CM is a total bore especially now unless you like to drink a lot of coffee. I would go someplace else even Bangkok would be better then CM. Edited January 8, 2022 by bkk6060 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) Go to McDonalds today at 2.30pm, get on the truck/bus (2.50pm) and be driven with others to Hash House Harriers. Go for a walk in the countryside, have a few beers, get driven back to McDonalds with locals, who will know where to go afterwards for dinner. Edited January 8, 2022 by VocalNeal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticFox Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Forget the tourist areas and go native. Explore. That applies to all of Thailand as the 'tourism' areas have as much life as a box of rocks. The government has successfully killed them - so do what we did before Thailand was a tourism mecca - go find your own mecca. There is a lot of culture left outside of the now - dead zones - of previous foreign tourism in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 In answer to the OPs question: Not a lot....CM has been sliding into joyless torpor since the coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 34 minutes ago, VocalNeal said: Go to McDonalds today at 2.30pm, get on the truck/bus (2.50pm) and be driven with others to Hash House Harriers. Go for a walk in the countryside, have a few beers, get driven back to McDonalds with locals, who will know where to go afterwards for dinner. Sounds worse than Saudi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 47 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: Suggestions of restaurants, markets and temples. Things that every city has. No one mentioned the wonderful malls? CM is a total bore especially now unless you like to drink a lot of coffee. I would go someplace else even Bangkok would be better then CM. It's been dead for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 25 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: Sounds worse than Saudi! Until you try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNXBKKMAN Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Go up the mountain to Ban Chang Khian and see the cherry blossoms. It only a occurs for a couple of weeks a year and its happening now. It will be cold early morning or if its cloudy. I have not been this year but you may need your double vaccinated status app/ref numbers to get in? You dont want to go all the way up there and be denied entry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 7 hours ago, ourmanflint said: Yeah, did the temples yesterday including wat ched yod which was a new one for us, very cool indeed. Only here to wait for wife’s family to pick us up Monday to go back to Phrae. had to do an extended 10 day isolation before going back to family just in case. Lanna Expo is on at the Chiang Mai Exhibition Center, January 7-16. Proof of vaccination required for admittance (& the usual, masks, distancing). Traditional crafts, textiles, food, ... the usual. We always enjoy the walk through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 18 hours ago, hotandsticky said: For a good meal try L'elephant. Do they serve chang pat prik? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 8 hours ago, KhunLA said: What was the point of the 10 day isolation, and then going to busy restaurant (risk of infection) while waiting to return to Phrae. We were outdoor. No stress really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 5 hours ago, CNXBKKMAN said: Go up the mountain to Ban Chang Khian and see the cherry blossoms. It only a occurs for a couple of weeks a year and its happening now. It will be cold early morning or if its cloudy. I have not been this year but you may need your double vaccinated status app/ref numbers to get in? You dont want to go all the way up there and be denied entry. You must be a mind reader! That is where we’re going tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 7 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Suggestions of restaurants, markets and temples. Things that every city has. No one mentioned the wonderful malls? CM is a total bore especially now unless you like to drink a lot of coffee. I would go someplace else even Bangkok would be better then CM. We’ve just come from Bangkok, CM isn’t that exciting anymore it’s true, but first time I’ve been here in January for 15 years so enjoying the cool weather at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 6 hours ago, ArcticFox said: Forget the tourist areas and go native. Explore. That applies to all of Thailand as the 'tourism' areas have as much life as a box of rocks. The government has successfully killed them - so do what we did before Thailand was a tourism mecca - go find your own mecca. There is a lot of culture left outside of the now - dead zones - of previous foreign tourism in Thailand. My wife’s family are from Phrae, there isn’t a province less explored and less touristy anywhere in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 The dates are from yesterday but it was broadcast today. Semi shutdown in effect. On my news feed this evening. If I am reading correctly that means the place I recommended; "The Riverside" (one among many) has been closed J. -7 through the 9. The other closures and dates are listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 53 minutes ago, LomSak27 said: The dates are from yesterday but it was broadcast today. Semi shutdown in effect. On my news feed this evening. If I am reading correctly that means the place I recommended; "The Riverside" (one among many) has been closed J. -7 through the 9. The other closures and dates are listed. Wife says these are all places where contact tracing has someone who tested positive for Covid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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