Took a long time to get to Chiang Mai. Seattle - Los Angeles - Hong Kong - Chiang Mai. lronically, I found that LAX was actually the most confusing. I had to ask three people how to get to the newer terminal B, and was directed outside. So I had to go through the entire security process again.
Hong Kong's airport was nice, newer, and so clean. The restrooms were spotless. I had eight hours here before my final leg of the journey, and took that time stretching my legs and just doing more trip planning. Their food court offered selections that were so much more appealing than what we have at Seatac. I had a couple meals there, and definitely feel like I ate way too much. In total, I had both supper and breakfast on the plane ride there, another meal prior to takeoff, and the two at the airport. At least I'll be doing a ton of walking these days.
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| Meals on the plane. Cute containers. |
The flight from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai was short, around three hours long. Very small airport, with a couple money exchange booths, taxi booths, and a Dairy Queen...(?)
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| Hello Chiang Mai! |
My hotel room's A/C feels like it is slightly damp air. It felt the same when I was I'm Bangkok before, so maybe it's a humidity thing.
After dropping off my things, I headed to the night bazaar which was just a 5 min walk from the hotel. I knew I wouldn't last long through because I was starting to feel really tired.
Took a detour into the Anusarn Market which was right off the street from the main road. Lots of vendors, but wasn't too busy. Saw a lot of similar items at the booths, like thirts, lights, purses. After this market, I was even more exhausted. Still needed to eat dinner though, so checked out Lemongrass Thai, which has a lot of good reviews.
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| Anusarn Market |
Busy! The waiters were running around the entire time. I couldn't help but notice that all the clientele were tourists. No locals during that time I ate there. Which makes me wonder about if highly rated places are actually good, or if it is just tourists basing it off of other tourists opinions, giving off a false positive feeling of the restaurant. Idk. But I do know their snapper curry dish was excellent. Plus thai ice tea = 225 baht.
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| Snapper curry dish at Lemongrass Thai |
After dinner, I walked towards the bazaar for five min and then had no choice but to get a foot/shoulder massage. 100 baht for 30 min. $3! There are SO MANY foot massage places. In this night bazaar area alone I passed at least 15 places.
A tiring day w all the travel. Tomorrow I will get to explore more and check out the highly regarded Sunday walking street market!
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