My first trip to Chiang Mai was during teenage years, I might’ve been 15 or 16 years old. It was one of those summer family trips, my mother reserved a bungalow hotel that no longer exists today. The staff brought sumptuous breakfast to our bungalows every morning by gently rowing boats over tranquil waters at dawn. I spent most of the afternoons lazily reading under luscious banana trees, "Like Water For Chocolate" was my adolescent obsession at the time. Chiang Mai was yet to be discovered by the mass, just as I was yet to be acquainted with the verity of adulthood. More than two decades later, I returned to Chiang Mai and boy, had the city transformed into a full-fledged popular destination. Its rural streets were packed with digital nomads, English widely and unabashedly spoken. Market signs now inked with Chinese characters while coffee shops brimmed with open laptops. Thankfully, the city’s palpable charm remains. The heart of Chiang Mai is still delineated by its sweet locals: wide smiles, sincere friendliness. Gentle innocence evaporates from their genuine pores. I’ve always loved visiting Thailand, maybe because without speaking, they begin chatting in Thai as I smile back to tell them that I’m, in fact, Taiwanese. Though I’ve always felt a bit "Thaiwanese." Same skin tone, same continent. Same but different. I hope you enjoy your stay in Chiang Mai, who knows, if I’m back there again soon enough, we may run into each other at a golden wat and hold our palms together in front of our chests to say: sawadee! READ HERE FOR FULL LIST IN THE VIDEO: https://jetsettimes.com/countries/thailand/chiang-mai/chiang-mai-planner/things-to-do/ JETSET TIMES CHIANG MAI TRAVEL GUIDE: Wat the Heck. https://jetsettimes.com/asia/thailand/chiangmai Featuring: Wendy Hung, founder/Jetset Times ⏱ Timestamps 0:00 Intro to Chiang Mai 0:23 First day in Chiang Mai 0:45 Wat Phra Singh 1:49 Wat Chedi Luang 2:37 Wat Pha Khao 3:26 Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Ratchaworawihan 5:15 The Warorot Market #vlog #chiangmai #thailand #thai #travel #northafrican #africa #travelvlog #travelguide #traveling #asia #travelling #thingstodo Still haven’t subscribed to Jetset Times on YouTube? ►► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUPc... CONNECT WITH JETSET TIMES Web: http://www.JetsetTimes.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/JetsetTimes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jetset... Google+: http://plus.google.com/+JetsetTimes Instagram: http://instagram.com/jetsettimes Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/jetsettimes