Real Life Captured #394: Chiang Mai Thailand! Part Thirty-One (9 photos)
Wow part thirty-One, do I blame myself or do I blame covid! Maybe a little bit of both. Looks like my blog has Chiang Mai Thailand photographed inside and out. Hope you still find it interesting. With the corona virus issue, I've found myself living in Chiang Mai for months now, this probably is one of the longest times I've stayed in one place in years. Sounds like I can elaborate and very well may do so in an upcoming blog post! Until then enjoy discovering more of Chaing Mai with me in this latest Real Life Captured photo blog post!
Chaing Mai easily makes my top five list for most affordable and most livable small cities in the world. Rich in Thai Buddhist culture, history, and amazing food; it's hard not to enjoy a stay in this city. It was founded in 1296 and was the capital of the Lanna Kingdom until 1558. The Old City area is comprised of walls and moats that date way back in time.
One of the things I like most about Chaing Mai is it's size. With a population of only 130,000 this is no Bangkok; not even close. However, it's got nightlife, shopping malls, traffic that moves, fresh air, and a relaxed vibe where people more often than not have a smile on their face.
Chiang Mai is the main city in the north of the country, and is also one of the most affordable places to live in all of Thailand, maybe all of South East Asia in terms of bang for your buck. Currently it's covid times and my passport is suddenly all but worthless. So I'm staying in Thailand for the long term, however it's now the 4th place I've lived in Thailand in the past 7 months, so the Travel Pro still can't stay put!
To give you an idea of how affordable Chiang Mai is I'll tell you that my modern and new one bedroom apartment with gym and pool in a quiet neighborhood is just $290 a month, furnished with all utilities included! My motor bike rental is just 60 dollar more per month and it cost two dollars to fill the tank. So my base cost of living is just $350 a month.
Head over to the Mueng Mai Market and you can come home with a week worth of groceries for as little as 10 dollars! That is high quality fruit, meat, and vegetables. With the affordability, great weather, peaceful Thai Buddhist hospitality; no wonder Chiang Mai has been attracting expats and tourist alike for many years.
These sets of photos range from my bike trip to Pai, a small town in the mountains. We'll see monks, temples, food stalls, people living their everyday lives, photos from jungle treks, even photos of the Loi Kratong Festival of light. Now come along and lets have a look around Chiang Mai Thailand!
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That is truly an economical place to live! Thailand is on my bucket list, once world travel is open again. Thanks for sharing your experiences there. What is the weather like?
Thanks for stopping by my blog Blue Eyes! Mine are blue too! hahaha
Yes, international travel is not so easy these days. Kinda feeling lucky that I got on that last plane from Vietnam to Bangkok back in March 2020.
Here in Thailand it is now rainy season. Chiang Mai is more of a sub-tropical climate compared to the tropics of the south. Temperatures in the mountains in the north can drop down into the 50s or even 40s overnight in January (start of the dry season), but in the south where the islands are it almost never gets below 70. Summer months here can be super hot like South Florida in August. So if you do make it out here the best time to come is January to April.
Cool to meet another fellow American on here. I'll go have a look at your blog! Thanks for the nice comment.