First Time In Cm

[RAZZELL]

It's my first time in Chiang Mai with the future Mrs Razz...what do people recommend doing for a couple of days?

Had a nice evening at a place called The Riverside (?) last night. Good beer, and Thai singers.

Somehow, Chiang Mai remind's me a little bit of Seville

RAZZ

[Ulysses G.]

Search for the thread on the new Elizabethan Restauant. If your bride enjoys farang food, she will be impressed.

[Ajarn]

Check out Doi Suthep and the Mae Sa valley, with tons of interesting places to explore.

[adjan jb]

Check out Huay Tung Tao for a lazy afternoon by a lakeside.

You can also take a look at this site: treetopasia.com

[britmaveric]

Doi Suthep was rather impressive, I recommend it too!!!

[realthaideal]

Read the CM Forum thoroughly and use the search function for this same topic 10X over. Also there's another thread on 'Must Do' in CM posted earlier the same day by another dude - just read down the page a little! You will be rewarded for making a little initial effort.

[Donnyboy]

dont forget, Our CM son ex premier, Thaksin arrives on friday, so stop what ever plans you have for friday and immediately make plans to welcome him home in the best way we can,

sorry I cant make it, Im having my nails done

[adjan jb]

Wat U-Mong, at the foot of the mountain, is worth a visit.

[RAZZELL]

Read the CM Forum thoroughly and use the search function for this same topic 10X over. Also there's another thread on 'Must Do' in CM posted earlier the same day by another dude - just read down the page a little! You will be rewarded for making a little initial effort.

Thank you for the kind welcome...I did and most of it was all about Song Kran...

I imagine on nearly all internet forum's most post's are asked over and over again...Things change...apart form some people's attitude's

If you want to stop by the Amata Lanna Hotel I'll buy you a beer

RAZZ

Edited February 28, 2008 by RAZZELL

[tigerbeer]

Check out Huay Tung Tao for a lazy afternoon by a lakeside.

You can also take a look at this site: treetopasia.com

how is Heuy Tong Tao for a saturday afternoon for two kids aged 4 and 3 years old with their brand new bicycles? what time best to go and what time best to leave?

farang rates for entrance?

[Ajarn]

Check out Huay Tung Tao for a lazy afternoon by a lakeside.

You can also take a look at this site: treetopasia.com

how is Heuy Tong Tao for a saturday afternoon for two kids aged 4 and 3 years old with their brand new bicycles? what time best to go and what time best to leave?

farang rates for entrance?

The lake is great for kids of any age. Not much traffic weekdays, not sure about weekends. Just before you hit the lake there is a long track ideally suited for bikes that pretty much follows the entrance. A good places to ride a bike and not worry about vehicles is located on the west side about 2km left of the entrance. Now the back road (to Doi Pui road) is paved all around. I think the fare (same for everyone) is 20 baht per person with a vehicle.

[tigerbeer]

Check out Huay Tung Tao for a lazy afternoon by a lakeside.

You can also take a look at this site: treetopasia.com

how is Heuy Tong Tao for a saturday afternoon for two kids aged 4 and 3 years old with their brand new bicycles? what time best to go and what time best to leave?

farang rates for entrance?

The lake is great for kids of any age. Not much traffic weekdays, not sure about weekends. Just before you hit the lake there is a long track ideally suited for bikes that pretty much follows the entrance. A good places to ride a bike and not worry about vehicles is located on the west side about 2km left of the entrance. Now the back road (to Doi Pui road) is paved all around. I think the fare (same for everyone) is 20 baht per person with a vehicle.

Thank you Ajarn.

[BigSnake]

Enjoy, it's a great place.

[amexpat]

Thank you for the kind welcome...I did and most of it was all about Song Kran...

I imagine on nearly all internet forum's most post's are asked over and over again...Things change...apart form some people's attitude's

If you want to stop by the Amata Lanna Hotel I'll buy you a beer

RAZZ

Very well said, Razz.

I'm afraid I get more caustic when members imply that search functions will provide all the answers.

I'll try to get nicer too, in the spirit of TV members informing and entertaining each other.

[realthaideal]

"Very well said, Razz.

I'm afraid I get more caustic when members imply that search functions will provide all the answers.

I'll try to get nicer too, in the spirit of TV members informing and entertaining each other."

Hey now, I was just the first of any who might have said it, and am one of those most often out there to offer advice. No problem with that at all. But come on, same page there was a thread about top whatever things to do in CM. Same idea. You were a sitting duck. If not me...anyway...

My own two cents' worth: Go have a drink at The Riverside and catch a band and mingle with a good mix of Farang and Thais having a good time there. Also it's a bastion of CM life. We've all spent a night or two there living it up..or whatever it is you do there. If you like to dance go hit up 'Bubble' the newly refurbished dance hole under/ beside the Pornping Hotel. It's fun and almost or definitely sleezy depending what you make of it. But fun in groups or even as a couple as you can people watch galore. Do catch a Khantoke Dinner with a combo Lanna Food and Music/Dance show. You can go bottom of the barrel CM Cultural Center for like 150B or something. Not sure. Or go Khum Kantoke, the biggest over-the-top show that only an Asian extravaganza mentality could pull off. Really quiite a nice night and something to see once. It's about 600B. If you like nature go take a moto up to Samoeng by following the canal road and then heading right up into the mtns to the left of Doi Suthep. There's a whole loop thing you can do, but I usually just go up and get into the country air, stop n have a bite at a roadside stall, and find a park or somehwere to walk around. Within 30 mins of the city you are surrounded by country folk, chickens in the road, and friendly smiles, if not gawking at the Farang who must be lost to be up there.

So there's all that there. And not in the other threrad 'cause I had the tiniest twinge of guilt. But really, if I ever came down hard on ppl, it would be clear. I do believe in the search function and the power of the TV community to pull together and get good info out there. And it works - as it is rt now in the thread I posted about doing a Vientianne Visa run for my friend.

Careful, I think I might pm you to be over for that beer! Hey also... I know some of the better restaurants in town. let me know what you wanna eat and we can look into it. I know some owners too....some too secret to mention here!

[amexpat]

Now that's the real deal. Thanks for sharing. I want to try them all.

[FolkGuitar]

It's my first time in Chiang Mai with the future Mrs Razz...what do people recommend doing for a couple of days?

Had a nice evening at a place called The Riverside (?) last night. Good beer, and Thai singers.

Somehow, Chiang Mai remind's me a little bit of Seville

RAZZ

Please remember that you are a tourist. Many folks who travel forget this and busy themselves looking for non-touristy things to do or see. There is a reason for different venues becoming tourist attractions; beautiful and enjoyable, culturally stimulating, etc. Please don't miss them just because they are 'for tourists.' Take some day tours. While these may be the pinnacle of tourism they became such because they take you to places that are interesting to see, and give you a wide variety of them in one day. You can always go back and spend more time at one you especially enjoy.

I get a lot of clients who ask me to take them to photograph places where the tourists never go. That's easy; down back sois in small villages, to Makkro, the library. There is a reason tourists don't go there. There is nothing of great interest to see. Might be different from home, but so is Doi Suthep. Makkro might be different from your local big box store, but not nearly as culturally stimulating as the Water Buffalo Training Center in Mae Rim or the Sainamphung Orchid Nursery. I love to wander down back streets to see the 'real life' of a town, but having that back street lead to the Wararote Market is very different from having it lead to the local land fill. Ask at the tour desks.

Ask at a tour desk for several different day's activities. Chose those that interest you. Are you here for Nature? For Culture? Shopping for Celedon or Silk? There are plenty of bars and clubs to fill your evenings, just like back home. But the Kantoke Dinner Show isn't found in Kentucky. Neither is Simon's Dream Cabaret. They can fill your evenings too, and be a Thai experience rather than a Chicago experience that you have in Thailand.

Have fun, play safely, but don't lose sight of the fact that you are in a very different culture with incredible sights to see and wonderful things to experience. Too many people go to Paris and never see the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre.

Edited February 29, 2008 by FolkGuitar

[tigerbeer]

Ask at a tour desk for several different day's activities. Chose those that interest you. Are you here for Nature? For Culture? Shopping for Celedon or Silk? There are plenty of bars and clubs to fill your evenings, just like back home. But the Kantoke Dinner Show isn't found in Kentucky. Neither is Simon's Dream Cabaret. They can fill your evenings too, and be a Thai experience rather than a Chicago experience that you have in Thailand.

there is no more Simon Cabaret from what i hear.

[RAZZELL]

"Very well said, Razz.

I'm afraid I get more caustic when members imply that search functions will provide all the answers.

I'll try to get nicer too, in the spirit of TV members informing and entertaining each other."

Hey now, I was just the first of any who might have said it, and am one of those most often out there to offer advice. No problem with that at all. But come on, same page there was a thread about top whatever things to do in CM. Same idea. You were a sitting duck. If not me...anyway...

My own two cents' worth: Go have a drink at The Riverside and catch a band and mingle with a good mix of Farang and Thais having a good time there. Also it's a bastion of CM life. We've all spent a night or two there living it up..or whatever it is you do there. If you like to dance go hit up 'Bubble' the newly refurbished dance hole under/ beside the Pornping Hotel. It's fun and almost or definitely sleezy depending what you make of it. But fun in groups or even as a couple as you can people watch galore. Do catch a Khantoke Dinner with a combo Lanna Food and Music/Dance show. You can go bottom of the barrel CM Cultural Center for like 150B or something. Not sure. Or go Khum Kantoke, the biggest over-the-top show that only an Asian extravaganza mentality could pull off. Really quiite a nice night and something to see once. It's about 600B. If you like nature go take a moto up to Samoeng by following the canal road and then heading right up into the mtns to the left of Doi Suthep. There's a whole loop thing you can do, but I usually just go up and get into the country air, stop n have a bite at a roadside stall, and find a park or somehwere to walk around. Within 30 mins of the city you are surrounded by country folk, chickens in the road, and friendly smiles, if not gawking at the Farang who must be lost to be up there.

So there's all that there. And not in the other threrad 'cause I had the tiniest twinge of guilt. But really, if I ever came down hard on ppl, it would be clear. I do believe in the search function and the power of the TV community to pull together and get good info out there. And it works - as it is rt now in the thread I posted about doing a Vientianne Visa run for my friend.

Careful, I think I might pm you to be over for that beer! Hey also... I know some of the better restaurants in town. let me know what you wanna eat and we can look into it. I know some owners too....some too secret to mention here!

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Went to The Riverside and last night went to Mandalay.

Not bad singers but why oh why do Thai dj's play awful hip-hop...What about a bit of house music

Might try Khum Kantoke (sp) tonight.

RAZZ

[RAZZELL]

It's my first time in Chiang Mai with the future Mrs Razz...what do people recommend doing for a couple of days?

Had a nice evening at a place called The Riverside (?) last night. Good beer, and Thai singers.

Somehow, Chiang Mai remind's me a little bit of Seville

RAZZ

Please remember that you are a tourist. Many folks who travel forget this and busy themselves looking for non-touristy things to do or see. There is a reason for different venues becoming tourist attractions; beautiful and enjoyable, culturally stimulating, etc. Please don't miss them just because they are 'for tourists.' Take some day tours. While these may be the pinnacle of tourism they became such because they take you to places that are interesting to see, and give you a wide variety of them in one day. You can always go back and spend more time at one you especially enjoy.

I get a lot of clients who ask me to take them to photograph places where the tourists never go. That's easy; down back sois in small villages, to Makkro, the library. There is a reason tourists don't go there. There is nothing of great interest to see. Might be different from home, but so is Doi Suthep. Makkro might be different from your local big box store, but not nearly as culturally stimulating as the Water Buffalo Training Center in Mae Rim or the Sainamphung Orchid Nursery. I love to wander down back streets to see the 'real life' of a town, but having that back street lead to the Wararote Market is very different from having it lead to the local land fill. Ask at the tour desks.

Ask at a tour desk for several different day's activities. Chose those that interest you. Are you here for Nature? For Culture? Shopping for Celedon or Silk? There are plenty of bars and clubs to fill your evenings, just like back home. But the Kantoke Dinner Show isn't found in Kentucky. Neither is Simon's Dream Cabaret. They can fill your evenings too, and be a Thai experience rather than a Chicago experience that you have in Thailand.

Have fun, play safely, but don't lose sight of the fact that you are in a very different culture with incredible sights to see and wonderful things to experience. Too many people go to Paris and never see the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre.

Ideally a bit of all of the above.

Went to the zoo and the museum yesterday. Zoo was ok, bit run down in places and I'm not a big fan of animals walking around "cells".

Quite interesting to see the panda's and koala's. Bit like the future Mrs Razz...spend all their time eating and then going to sleep!

Thanks for the tips

RAZZ

[RAZZELL]

Correction, the place we ate at was next door to The Riverside, I believe it's called Good View (?)

Excellent food and service.

RAZZ

[Blinky Bill]

Ideally a bit of all of the above.

Went to the zoo and the museum yesterday. Zoo was ok, bit run down in places and I'm not a big fan of animals walking around "cells".

Quite interesting to see the panda's and koala's. Bit like the future Mrs Razz...spend all their time eating and then going to sleep!

Thanks for the tips

RAZZ

Koalas are nice animals.

[Maejo Man]

Ask at a tour desk for several different day's activities. Chose those that interest you. Are you here for Nature? For Culture? Shopping for Celedon or Silk? There are plenty of bars and clubs to fill your evenings, just like back home. But the Kantoke Dinner Show isn't found in Kentucky. Neither is Simon's Dream Cabaret. They can fill your evenings too, and be a Thai experience rather than a Chicago experience that you have in Thailand.

Been closed for about six months, so scratch that one. Pity it was a good show...

[FolkGuitar]

Ask at a tour desk for several different day's activities. Chose those that interest you. Are you here for Nature? For Culture? Shopping for Celedon or Silk? There are plenty of bars and clubs to fill your evenings, just like back home. But the Kantoke Dinner Show isn't found in Kentucky. Neither is Simon's Dream Cabaret. They can fill your evenings too, and be a Thai experience rather than a Chicago experience that you have in Thailand.

Been closed for about six months, so scratch that one. Pity it was a good show...

It just shows to go ya how often I get out at night other than to play music ....

I haven't even passed that location since Rimping closed down there.