Thailand Day 4 Chiang Mai : Khao Soy Mae Sai - Wat Chedi Luang - SP chicken - Hang Dong Grand Canyon - Saturday Walking Street - Arnusan Market

0900 - Walked to the Mango Bike Rental. There are only manual bike available as now is the high season. The bikes here can booked in advanced. We rent the Yamaha Spark 115 for 200B/day. Deposit 1000B.

200B/day

0930 - Rode to Khao Soy Mae Sai. At this time, there were not much of the people. The khao soy is a bit spicy here but the chicken is really taste good.

Khao Soy Mae Sai

Will be closed on tomorrow (31/12) to new year 

The prices are going to increase in Feb

Khoa soy kai,40B
Ice Milk tea,10B

1030 - Visited the Wat Chedi Luang. There is an entrance fee of 40B/person. This entrance was only started in July 2016. This is my second time to visit this wat as the chedi stupa is really huge! Much bigger that the yesterday stupa of Wat Lok Moli. The most information places in this wat is a library. I got a lot of information from there.

Wat Chedi Luang

Library and Museum

Female are not allow to enter this hall

1230 - Back to the hostel and bring the things that needed to go to the Grand Canyon. Then, we had our lunch at the SP chicken, a very famous grilled chicken stall. After that, rode to the Grand Canyon which is just an half hour ride from the city center.

SP Chicken

Half Chicken, 90B
Rice 10B

0230 - Reached Grand Canyon. Entrance fee is 100B/person. Once we entered, we saw only there are only two jumping points. One is 1meter hight while another one is 7.5 meters high. We did the 1 meter first. Then I only did the 7.5 meters jump twice only as It was quite scary and climbing up is tiring. After that, we were playing tubing, floating seat and kayak which is free to use.

Hang Dong Grand Canyon

The unused area. I think it is dangerous.

7.5 meters jump point. It is very safe. The water is 20 meters deep

This umbrella free to use

Free tubing

Free floating seat

Free board

There are four board but only two paddle. Hence need to paddle myself

Finally, get the paddle.

0500 - Leave the place and headed to the Saturday Walking Street. We had our dinner before the east entrance. This walking street is very long which took at least half an hour to reach another end.

Pad Thai Shrimp, 50B

Fried chicken rice, 40B

It is very crowded!

Coconut cake, 20B for 7 pairs

Thai ice cream, 10B each

After that, we also went to the Anursan Market. This market is less crowded. Something is sold expensive and some is cheaper. There are a lot of restaurants and bars. There is bar have a lot of foreigner dancing and it is so high.

Anursan Market

Our Expenses (Baht)
Breakfast : 100
Motorbike : 200
Wat Chedi Luang : 80
Lunch : 100
Fuel : 60
Grand Canyon : 200
Dinner : 90
Snack : 40
Souvenirs : 200
Accommodation : 200
TOTAL : 1270

Thailand Day 3 : Greenbus to Chiang Mai - Wat Lok Moli - Nimman Road

Yesterday we chose the 10:40am 1st class greenbus to Chiang Mai as this is the earliest first class bus. There are only VIP bus before 10:40am and cost more 100B compare to the first class. The first class is a 4 seats in row bus with a toilet. The toilet is small but clean. This bus also include a small bottle of drinking water. The passengers must tight the seat belt.

Breakfast from 7-11
Soymilk 10B, Dutch Mill 12B
Pork Burger 27B, Chicken Burger 32B

Green bus first class

The journey to Chiang Mai from Chiang Rai took 3 hours and 15 minutes. There is an hour of hilly road while the rest of the journey is flat road.

We reached Chiang Mai Bus Terminal 3 at 2pm. We had the lunch at a local restaurants nearby the terminal. Since this bus terminal is quite far from the town center or the city in the fort, we took the red songthaew. At first, a lady quoted us 150B for a private songthaew to our hostel near the Chang Puak Gate (North Gate). But we wanted shared songthaew and there is written fixed price of 30B/person. Then another driver come offered us 40B/person since he said that 30B is only until the Tad Pae gate (East gate). At last, we sat his songthaew. There are 13 peoples including us sitting in the songthaew. One is standing while other 12 sit on the 2 benches. This songthaew traveled round the fort clockwise from the Tad Pae gate. Other passengers dropped of at half way. We dropped of at the main road where near to our hostel. The hostel that we booked are Kozy House Hostel. The fan dorm bed is 100B/night while air cond dorm bed is 150B/night. Since it is cold season now, there is no reason to stay in air cond dorm.

Fried rice 30B

Stir fried chicken with rice 30B

Chiang Mai Bus Terminal 3

Our hostel located in this alley. There are many other hostels too

Since it is just half day at Chiang Mai. We walked towards the Nimman Road where there are many souvenirs shop there. At half way, we saw a temple with massive chedi. The chedi is as big as the Wat Chendi Luang. This wat is called Wat Lok Moli.

Wat Lok Moli

The river just near to the fort

Northwest fort corner

At the Nimman road, we feel like a shopping street. While there are some souvenir stalls. We didn't see any night market as there night market stated in the Maps.me. We had our dinner at a famous local restaurant which is famous of their pork noodle soup. This stall located at a alley of Nimman road near to the Chiang Mai University. After that, we stayed and rest at the One Nimman mall. There are mapping video show on to the clock tower every hour from 7 to 10pm started from 28 to 31 Dec.

Mall at Nimman road intersection

One Nimman mall

Koh Kae Shop
3 pack 150grams cost 110B
4 pack 75 grams cost 100B
3 big can cost 250B

Taokaenoi LAND

The local famous noodle restaurant

Top: Khao soy 40B. A bit spicy
Left : Iced milk tea 20B
Bottom : Noodle with BBQ Pork 40B

A local famous sausage 15B each. There are chicken, pork.

One Nimman clock tower

There are live music show

Mapping video show

Our Expenses (Baht)
Breakfast : 81
Bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai : 332
Lunch : 60
Songthaew : 80
Dinner : 100
Suasage snack : 30
2 pack of 75grams Lay : 46
3 pack of 150grams Koa Kae peanut : 110
Accomodation : 200
TOTAL : 1039