Chiang Mai first impressions

[DfD057]

We recently made a video showing our first impressions of Thailand after spending 24 hours in Chiang Mai ???? - we’d love for you to check it out!

 

[retarius]

I only went there once: great girls, great fishing and great bars. 

[arick]

Dead and corrupt. 

[EVENKEEL]

Been there once for a few days. Nothing to see here folks. Pet drugged up tigers. Did take a boat ride up river to the location of Rambo, saw John's house.

[ChipButty]

After spending 5 days there I was missing Phuket, and my local beach, 

[stix40]

Glad to be back in Changmai! 

Went to Phuket too many Russians and everything pang Mac Mac .

[hotchilli]

Visited once years ago... no reason to return.

[Henryford]

Try it January to April, but don't forget your gas mask.

[daveAustin]

Great place, & the mountains. Those that poo-poo it are typically devoid of culture Pattaya types. I’m glad they stay away. ????
 

^^^ Nov-Feb is best, and no you don’t need a mask then. 

[CecilM]

Meh, it was great (20 years ago) but since then steadily declining. Now it’s just an expensive trap of hiso coffee shops for tourists. 

[bkk6060]

Generally CM is pretty boring I think.

Maybe a get away place for a few days to relax.  The golf is decent. The mountain and adventure activities are OK for tourists. 

I find the girls to be mostly stuck up and unfriendly.  The red light area is a huge rip off with bad attitudes.

Food veggie and coffee shops every where.

[FolkGuitar]

Been here 22 years. Can't think of any reason to leave!
Unless you are here for the drinking and bar girls, which I'm told have gone down in the past 20 years, it's a delightful place to live.  The food is great, the people are friendly, the prices are certainly right, and the geography beautiful. Who could ask for more?

[watchcat]

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

After spending 5 days there I was missing Phuket, and my local beach, 

CM doesn't have beaches, what did you expect?

[ChipButty]

21 minutes ago, watchcat said:

CM doesn't have beaches, what did you expect?

Yes I know that, 

[Dcheech]

Say what you will about the hokey video. It gives our keyboard warrior caste, a chance to crawl out from under a rock, & engage in one of their deeper cultural needs. The sheer joy in finding fault. 

 

Reckon they will celebrate a successful morning's work by digging out a frozen meat pie to toss in the microwave for lunch, and who can blame them?! 



 
 

[Berkshire]

49 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

I find the girls to be mostly stuck up and unfriendly.  The red light area is a huge rip off with bad attitudes.

 

Yes, Chiang Mai is not like Pattaya or Phuket.  That's a good thing. 

[a3tsw]

Just returned from a Weekend in Chiang Mai , enjoyed very much , but didn't venture in to the the centre of the city , as I was there for a running event at Doi Suthep , so stayed close to the start/finish at Chiang Mai Zoo , great value hotel at 390Baht per night , clean , air-con & wifi and plenty of eateries and local night market.

Will probably return next year..

[mania]

Glad you liked CM there is much to like there

But if your doing a video of a place turn the camera around away from yourself more often ????

[ChipButty]

I'm not clicking on the video, first post

[JJGittes]

An absolutely wonderful place to live.

[arithai12]

For a short time visitor, CM is mildy boring compared to places like Bangkok, Phuket, and I suppose Pattaya where I have never been. Seen 1 or 2 of the 100 temples, taken a couple of guided tours of the surroundings, done your shopping, sipped your drink in a quiet garden place, you can leave without missing it much.

But to live in CM as a resident and not a tourist, then it's another story. No other place in Thailand where I'd rather be, day in day out.

[LaosLover]

It's mini-BKK. Want Mexican food? Ok, you don't have 50 choices, only six. Boo-hoo.

 

So much to discover here. The area a bit south of Wat Umong is developing into a hippie zone alternative to The Old City.

 

Love seeing the mountains everyday. In the states, an old town with mountain views generally is only for millionaires.

[transam]

4 hours ago, watchcat said:

CM doesn't have beaches, what did you expect?

Something special, perhaps.............????

[newnative]

4 hours ago, arithai12 said:

For a short time visitor, CM is mildy boring compared to places like Bangkok, Phuket, and I suppose Pattaya where I have never been. Seen 1 or 2 of the 100 temples, taken a couple of guided tours of the surroundings, done your shopping, sipped your drink in a quiet garden place, you can leave without missing it much.

But to live in CM as a resident and not a tourist, then it's another story. No other place in Thailand where I'd rather be, day in day out.

      I say the same thing about Pattaya, like you, 'as a resident and not a tourist'.   It's great for year-round living.   I do like CM, too--my partner and I have visited 4 times and likely will go again sometime--but we like living by the ocean and Pattaya's close proximity to Bangkok.

[Yorkshire Tea]

8 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

Been here 22 years. Can't think of any reason to leave!
Unless you are here for the drinking and bar girls, which I'm told have gone down in the past 20 years, it's a delightful place to live.  The food is great, the people are friendly, the prices are certainly right, and the geography beautiful. Who could ask for more?

Clean air year round?  Please don't reply that the smog is only a few weeks ????

[Thailand]

1 hour ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

Clean air year round?  Please don't reply that the smog is only a few weeks ????

It is only a few weeks!

A few too many.

Not too worry bound to be resolved by the new government.

[LaosLover]

4 hours ago, Sandboxer said:

 

 

Your vid sucks.

True enough. Spend $100 on a microphone. It sounds like they're speaking through a sodden roll of paper towels. And those impenitrable posh accents demand subtitles. 

 

Never over-react to a random lizard again. A million other gap ye-ahh dullards have gone before you.

[metisdead]

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[arick]

12 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Generally CM is pretty boring I think.

Maybe a get away place for a few days to relax.  The golf is decent. The mountain and adventure activities are OK for tourists. 

I find the girls to be mostly stuck up and unfriendly.  The red light area is a huge rip off with bad attitudes.

Food veggie and coffee shops every where.

Yes it is harder to get laid in Chiang Mai and they look more Chinese 

[Nick Carter icp]

6 minutes ago, arick said:

Yes it is harder to get laid in Chiang Mai and they look more Chinese 

Its not to difficult to get sex in C.M and there are the usual Issan looking girls in C.M as well