Left Ayutthaya at 8AM by train and switched to the
air conditioned DRC service at Lop Buri which got me into Chiang Mai
about 8PM. The
Pornping
Hotel at $31 seemed like a pretty good value and I stayed there for
the first three nights. On one of my exploratory walks I discovered the
4 star
Lotus Hotel and moved over there for my last five days in the city.
The Lotus Hotel is integrated with a large shopping mall, making it both
convenient and interesting for wasting time. Both hotels I used and all
of the tourist infrastructure are outside the old city walls, so I got
some extra exercise every time I wanted to explore inside the old walls.
As I wanted to visit Laos, the availability
of a cheap, $74 flight from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang made the
decision easy and I bought a ticket.
Peace
Fred L Bellomy
Chiang Mai Thailand: Wonder if the ancient
Thai dentists advertised...
Chiang Mai Thailand: A small sample of the handicraft offerings seen on
the street.
Chiang Mai Thailand: A small sample of the handicraft offerings seen on
the street.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Mahawan Temple.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Gate through the old city walls.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Gate through the old city walls.
Chiang Mai Thailand: The street that runs along the inside of the
old city walls.
Chiang Mai Thailand: The old broom seller.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Travel agent offers cut rate hotel rates at
many excellent houses.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Looking along the moat next to where the old
city walls used to be.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Gate through the old city walls.
Chiang Mai Thailand: A large park inside the old city.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Buddha sculptures sitting in a roadside shrine.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Here is the rest of the dragon.
Chiang Mai Thailand: A shrine in the courtyard of the Lotus Hotel.
Chiang Mai Thailand: Dragon at a temple.
Chiang Mai Thailand: A sitting Buddha covered with ninety kilograms
of gold, so they say.
Chiang Mai Thailand:
Chiang Mai Thailand:
Chiang Mai Thailand: Reclining Buddha... always on his right side.
Chiang Mai Thailand: I didn't have time to talk with any of them.
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