Chiang Mai Trip - Day 3

Our last day in Chiang Mai is really complicated, because our flight was cancelled and we didn't get any notification about that. We also never been to Chiang Mai, if we lost in Bangkok that might be safer for us because we have been stayed there for a long time and we also have several friends there.

Our morning is still good, but we couldn't face the reality that we need to go back to work again :')

The driver picked us in the morning and we went to Doi Suthep, we read that place is near with our hotel, but to reach that place we need to drive for approx. 30 minutes from our hotel. We stop to buy our breakfast because we couldn't find any Seven Eleven around our hotel. Doi Suthep has a really long stairs but we decided to paid more and use the elevator instead using that stairs. 

Here is the famous place aka the temple of Doi Suthep :

This temple is quite small if I compared with the other temple that I ever visited in Thailand, but I think this temple is quite famous, they also have a meditation area and the suit of the decreased king while he did the ritual as a monk there. 

Because we still have several time, we decided to go to another place, but the tiger kingdom is quite far and our driver suggested us to go to Bhubing Palace

This palace is one of Thailand's Royal Palace, so you need to use the proper clothes as you visited Grand Palace, the security was quite strict to let the visitor to came to this palace. We came with several China Tourist but they took a lot of beauty picture instead visiting every part of that palace. We did that, we come to every corner of that Palace and there are an army who following us, we think that they treat us so well or maybe they really think that we will do something bad, because no one go to that peak as we do. First, they took photo for theirselves, but after that they told us the way that we need to choose.

The flowers are really nice and there are armies who guard that area. I don't think that we look like a naive but we talked a lot and that Palace is quite big and we late to go back to the van to go to the airport :'(

When we arrived at the airport we couldn't find any announcement for the check in counter for Malindo Air, we asked the staff but they also don't know and they told us to asked Thai Lion Air. Their staff said that our flight was cancelled and we need to go to Bangkok first and then go to KL and Jakarta, but the other problem is we will arrived in Jakarta on the next morning. We didn't prepare anything to stayed in KL and we don't have any plan there.

That's the hectic day ever on our holiday, because there were a lot of trouble especially me and my friend need to do the check in again in Bangkok :( :( 

After we arrived at Kuala Lumpur we ask to the transit desk and they help us to get the hotel. We are the only passenger who flied from Chiang Mai to Jakarta that time, yeah only 4 people. So, they prepare the hotel for free but that already late and we couldn't sleep really well because our flight must be really early and we need to take the first shuttle to the airport.

The bus was broke, so we need to us the van. Yeah everything was going wrong that time. We came too early, and we waited at the airport. That's really the first time for me to sleep at the airport and I think I am okay with that. #lol

AND FINALLY, we were back to Jakarta. YEAH we arrived quite late. 

But, because that still before lunch time, there weren't any traffic so we arrived early :")

We took almost 12 hours flight only from Chiang Mai to Jakarta :(

I think that I need to take some rest, because the next day I was going to Bromo using Bus and with the open trip "group" so that will be tough !! :")

Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai 2017 - Day 2

Day 2 - Full Day Chiang Rai

We decide to spent our only full day in Chiang Mai to visited Chiang Rai, this trip approx. 8 hours only for return way fron Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai - Chiang Mai, we left early that day. 

First,

We visited the hot spring - not really hot spring anyway. 

They have a hot fountain there and you can boil your own egg (you need to purchase from the lady there), I don't know how much but there were a lot of tourist did that, but not me. We only took a photo there and went to White Temple.

Here are the beautiful flower and the fountain : 

Then we force ourselves to move to White Temple, we tried to not so hungry that time. I need to give two thumb up for the design, the one who build that temple has his own museum on that area, you can get in and that museum is FREE OF CHARGE, to go inside the temple, you need to pay 50 bath/person.

Here are some photos from white temple :

I think it will be better if we ate near white temple, but because we need to go to singha park, we decide to ate there and the food were really expensive and the taste also not that good, I prefer to ate Seven Eleven again #lol

Singha Park was good, but we came too late :( 1 p.m was too hot to visited a park ! lol

lastly, we visited long neck village, the village is really small and I also not sure is it "REAL" or not, but the girls were really pretty and doing that stuff to their neck might be hurtful and gave them the pressured. But, I think that kind of tradition also need to be known by others. So, doesn't matter if they did that only for money or that's really real, as long as they let someone know that was something like that on that area.

Here are some of my photos :

Day 2 - DONE !!

We stopped at the old fortress there, and we walked to our hotel because we were afraid that we couldn't go back to our hotel like the first day :( 

We walked for almost 10 km, but that was  fine, because we found a really good food on our way.

:) :)

Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai Day 1 - April 2017

Finally, I came to Chiang Mai this year with N' Indo gang !! yeah they are the one who did an internship in Thailand with me on 2015. We went to Bangkok first and then flied to Chiang Mai, we decided to go back to Jakarta without transiting at Bangkok, so we decided to used Malindo Air and transit at Kuala Lumpur. All of this photo are taken by us during this trip.

I already booked car for our trip to Peung (Pornpimol Puntiya) - +66898549684, we arranged the trip before and asked for the prince. I think I got quite cheap for 3 days trip using a van. I texted Peung to confirm my trip, and she said the other driver will come and pick us (driver contact : +66954535221, P' Corn). He was really nice to us and he always came before our pick up time.

I went with my 3 friends, Peung said that she will provide a car with 7 seat, but P' Corn gave us a VAN !! yeah a van for 4 people :) :) I afraid that the price will be higher, but that price is the same as we ask Peung for the 7 car seat.

When we arrived at Chiang Mai International Airport, the rain started to fall and the rain was heavier on our trip to Doi Inthanon, we spent approx. 3 hours from the airport to Doi Inthanon. But, that's really a different scenery than Bangkok. I think I love Chiang Mai more than Bangkok, because Bangkok is too hot :(

For the entrance fee for foreigner we need to pay THB 300 for the peak and the temple.
It's really a new experience for us, the right place to watch the sun set must be in this spot :

But we moved and couldn't see anything T.T but we got a really nice photo spot at the next stop

After the sun went down, we back to the city and visited the Sunday Night Market. As the one who already stay in Bangkok for a long time, and we also already spent a lot in Bangkok, we only but some stuff and food there. yeah we still didn't meet with our favorite sausage >.<

I think for the price, that market is quite expensive but most of them are same with Bangkok stuff, maybe because that market use to be a tourist spot. That market is really big and we already too tired that day T.T 

After that we tried to go back with song thew, 

we asked them to our hotel, but they didn't know where is that place and we were lost T.T

The driver also can't speak English and they also spent a lot of time because they could reach that hotel with the gmaps, the receptionist of the hotel also can't speak English and can't explain to the driver. I think the driver also mad to us, because we only pay THB 30 for each person and we also don't know where is the hotel.