Chiang Mai is so amazing! When I first got there it seemed so daunting but little did I know that over the 3 weeks I was there it would eventually feel like home. Compared to Bangkok, Chiang Mai was a whole lot quieter, cleaner and less smelly.
As soon as we exited the train station we were surrounded by millions of taxi drivers calling us over. We had been told by our reps to get a red truck to our guesthouse. A red tuck is a red, van sized vehicle with a row of seats on the right and a row of seats on the left. You climb in through the back, where there is no back door- and fairly often you find people hanging out the back when all the seats are filled up.
Anyway, we got on the red truck along with several other backpackers - who all seemed so much older than us and Alex and I felt like total kids.
As soon as we exited the train station we were surrounded by millions of taxi drivers calling us over. We had been told by our reps to get a red truck to our guesthouse. A red tuck is a red, van sized vehicle with a row of seats on the right and a row of seats on the left. You climb in through the back, where there is no back door- and fairly often you find people hanging out the back when all the seats are filled up.
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| The inside of a red truck |
Our friend Tori had waited for us at the guesthouse (Libra guesthouse) as everyone else had gone out. As soon as we got to our room we got dumped our stuff, got changed and went out again as quickly as possible.
The others were at a bar which we arrived at after a 10 minute red truck ride. Everyone was excited to hear about our project as I think a lot of people were pretty anxious about what to expect. We stayed at the bar for a drink before moving on to a different one. The second bar was fab as there was a dancefloor and the music arrangement was YouTube being played over speakers. This was great as we could request any song we wanted including my favourite: Barbie Girl.
The next day after a late breakfast at our local bar (Thai 1 On) a bunch of us went to a local hotel swimming pool which was great as we had the pool to ourselves. A few people even had underwater cameras meaning we could take a load of, pretty awful, underwater pics!
That evening we all went out the Sunday market which was only a 10 minute walk from Libra. The market was amazing. There were great food, great music, loads of colours and an amazing atmosphere. I got a spring roll and a pot of buttered sweetcorn for only 20฿ - about 35p!
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