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6 Moo 5, Tambon Padad, Amphur Muang, Chiang Mai, 50100, Thailand
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Chiang Mai is on my itinerary for a two-week stay in Thailand starting next week provided air quality is ok now. Actually perhaps faster than planned since the weather seems to be better there at the moment than in the Bangkok/Pattaya area.
Who can confirm that the smoke from the forest fires has sufficiently cleared so as not to bother a healthy person significantly?
What's the weather forecast for the upcoming week?
The air quality in Chiang Mai is much improved over what it was in early April/March, possibly because everything that can be burned, has already been ...
Here's the Yahoo ten-day forecast, and it's predicted to be HOT and dry, except for a 60% chance of rain on the 19th and 20th.
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/THXX0003_c.html
The air is much cleaner than it was a month ago, still hazy but not too bad. We are approaching the rainy season in Thailand, so expect rainfall but it's much cooler than it was a week ago. Bon Voyage.
Even at it's worse the air quality (to me) is more of an annoyance. It's not like you are walking around with your head in a "box of smoky fog" or sitting downwind from a camp fire all the time. I suppose that if I lived there full time I would consider it. Never-the-less there are millions and millions of people who remain in Chiang Mai year after year, season after season.
For two weeks, if you are healthy (or almost healthy) you shouldn't be too bothered by any smoke - even when it was at it's worse!
I never really paid any attention to any "smoke" in Pattaya. Being on the beach there is a breeze every now and then to keep things fairly clear. Even during rainy season you will find plenty of sunlight for suntans and just resting on the beach. When it rains the rain only falls for an hour or two and the rest of the time it nice and sunny (usually!)
Weather link: http://www.tmd.go.th/en/province.php?id=2
Hal
I can confirm that now CM has no smoke haze from forest fires which happen in short term during the dry season.
When visiting and Akha village, make sure you keep your eyes open when wandering around the Village, as you never know what you might see!
At the Village we visited, we saw Monkeys chained underneath the house.
Our guide told us that these could either be Pets, or they could be for eating.
The night bazaar is fairly rubbish and quite expensive when compared to the markets in Bangkok i.e. Chatuchak. We were hoping to get a load of presents to bring back to Bangkok but ended up just buying a couple of cheap ass t shirts and a postcard or 2.
When the girlfriend is dissappointed with shopping you know it is bad. She preferred shopping on walking street which is just off Moon Muang Road. I think these are the 2 best places to shop but do not compare to Bangkok markets.
Chiang Mai has tuk tuk's, motos, meter taxis and songtaews for getting around and they are all very cheap.
Our meter taxi from the airport to our hotel cost 50baht plus the 50baht you pay at the booking desk.
We never paid anymore than 40baht for short distances in a tuk tuk and the songtaews are 20baht a ride. You can flag them down everywhere.
The Monkey Club was just next to the place I stayed at. Looks like a house during the day but at night transforms itself into a cosy drinking garden/restaurant. This place definately has a very laid back atmosphere which is more like a garden party than a busy and noisy pub, which adds to its attraction. There is a live accoustic band that performs nightly, singing both english and thai songs. I have to compliment the female vocalists of the band we saw perform, she had the sweetest voice and sang a good variety of songs. The beer or beers........:P..........the restaurant serves thai food........a favourite is always the papaya salad ;).
It's one of the few monuments beside temples that I have seen around, and it's called the Three Kings Monument. The center statue is of Praya Meng Rai, on his right you have Praya Ruang and his left Praya Ng-am Muang. I read somewhere that these three kings are revered in Chiang Mai, but I have failed to find out why. Anyway, as you probably have guessed, Praya means King
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