two of these coffees 30 Baht they remind me of the
um bac xiu in Vietnam with all the condensed milk at the bottom we asked for sweet again
oh that is really good actually that's a really good coffee fantastic way to start the day so
we sat just outside the Chiang Mai gate which is the gates or the wall That's surrounding the old
town here in Chiang Mai it dates back to 1500s one of the reasons that we actually came back to
Chiang Mai this time around was that last time we were here even though we were here for such
a long period of time it was in the height of the pandemic loads of things were closed
and it was quite quiet we're super excited to be back here and explore some places that we
didn't see last time so so today we're going to view some beautiful sights we're gonna eat
some delicious food that was recommended by our good friends and also many many of
you guys so I've got very big expectations this Market is here in the morning and in
the evening I think it shuts in the middle on this side here there's loads of clothes shops
behind us there's obviously a lady here making us these lovely coffees I should really try it
wow we said sweet and that is perfect amount for me oh that is good and inside there there's
a fresh markers as well so fruit and veg meats and all that stuff as well but we're here for
the coffee the lady is wrapping up now we'd never get up like Thai early which is like
six or five in the morning we always get up about eight and even that's late so it's 10
o'clock now and they're definitely closing up shop here now so we're gonna have to go
that was such a good coffee we actually ended up having two cups each that's probably why she was
like I've got a wrap up like you're not having a third well let's see if we can find something to
I wonder what the show is about it's a comedy a Thai show comedy comedy yeah
okay yeah can somebody tell us what that means and then we'll look it up on Netflix
gotta have some say oua Northern Thai sausage when we're in Chiang Mai don't we but it's not
vegetarian sorry it's only just for me if you're ever in Thailand you have to have this one sausage
and they make them fresh here every day you saw that big roll of a sausage oh this is just one
parts of it that's really good
I don't know it looks a little bit like it's probably not meat
oh okay okay you want to know yeah two of those yeah
Google translate was helpful then I think they were also wrapping up
get here early basically get here early to get anything left but these are still left
she said it was peanuts and banana inside in this little I guess Banana Leaf parcel
it's like rice and inside it's banana and peanuts but because they've all been inside
in this moisture for such a long time the peanut like it's so softened by the
moisture and see the peanut there yeah that's like not sweet not not sweet good breakfast
to our bike and we've got a fine we're parking somewhere we were meant to be so
now we need to go to the office to get this paid for so we can take the the clamp off
the writing on the ticket isn't that clear on where the location is this might change
our plans for the day a little bit because we can't get around now until they unclamp our bike
Chiang Mai Regional Police traffic center okay then let's go in shall we well that was 400
bahts that I didn't want to be spending today he said there's an X there but we didn't see
it and there was there was both bikes parked there already so we thought we'd be good it's
super annoying because most the parking in Thailand seems to be kind of like Park as and
when and we always Park where there's other bikes so we know that it's probably a place
where you're allowed to park yeah and the signs were all in Thai but yeah we parked right in the
middle of everyone else so we thought we'd be okay but everyone else also got clamped so
after that very busy and unexpected morning we're now at this very calm Buddhist temple so this is what Chedi
luang and it was built in the 14th century I feel like we needed this after the morning I
was expecting there to be a lot more people here this is our first time being tourists
in Chiang Mai last time we kind of just lived here and like we said before we didn't do much
we didn't go out much because it was kind of not really what was being done at the time I always
find it amazing how they were able to build something so tall back in the 14th century you
know they must have been up there with bamboo as scaffold and I was in no safety harnesses
or anything like that but you've told me before that bamboo is stronger yeah bamboo is stronger
than steel pound for pound yeah it's always really impressive to see these old religious
monuments I'm not sure I know the difference between a what a cheddy and a Buddhist temple
a cheddy which is what this is is usually built to sort of hold the relics of monks and maybe
nuns. they look different to the ones where you go in and pray yeah and it almost looks like a little
container or book now I'm not sure what this one's containing but it's always so impressive
completely different feel of the city yeah Chiang Mai is getting busier there's people everywhere
but as soon as you come to a place like this you're like oh this is so nice and calm it's
when I need it now yeah they're kind of good it's believed to have been built between 1487 and 1517.
it's even more calm if it's something just about a reclining Buddha that just feels very serene
that bike that we've been riding the last few days has been awesome
and we rented that from a place called cat Motors and it's in Old Town really
cheap bikes no passport needed it was so simple if you want to bike go there
we've never seen it before in person but it's meant to look
extremely gold there's a huge one next to it wow
there seems to be fewer even fewer tourists here there's some music playing
it's it's really lovely the music sounds like a YouTube video
like I'm watching this but like the music starts playing like it's like a movie
the closer you get the bigger it gets it is much bigger
than you would expect from photos this what is similar to Doi suthep which is
in Chiang Mai as well we went there ages ago but super gold sparkly clean quiet really nice
we're now at khao soi mae sai which is the restaurant that a lot of you guys have recommended to us but also our friends
flora and notes who recommended this to us this place seems very popular there's loads of Thai people and
loads of westerners here as well so it's people everywhere we had to actually queue for a little
bit to actually get a seat I'll probably go for one with beef um. I dont think there's a vegetarian person so I think
Andrea I'll go for the chicken one because it comes as a chicken drumstick and I'll just take
that out and eat it as well so more protein for me um I think they might have lost our order or
something we just sat there for like 20 minutes like this and then some people started shouting um
um and pointing in our direction then food arrived so I shouldn't have worn white eating this
yeah yeah more for you here we have the khao soi I have the one with beef and now I have
chicken because Adriana doesn't eat chicken this is a sort of soup like curry made with
egg noodles but also crispy egg noodles on top as well this is the dish of Chiang Mai
I would say the most popular dish that people come here to eat and this is one of the most
popular restaurants people come to so I hope it is worth it but there's also some side dishes
you got some limes shallots cabbage and other side we have some coffee they have loads of fun
drinks to choose from but since they had Thai coffee with milk we've gone for a Thai coffee
with milk I think the milk in question is probably condensed milk or evaporated milk it's full of ice
the ice that's not where I want it that is nice though not quite as delicious as the one we had
this morning I'm not sure how it's gonna go with this khao soi because this is very flavor
and that is coffee I really like pickled things so it does look amazing I'm stirring
that like I've got no care in the world but I'm very aware that I'm wearing one
oh yeah that's pretty good
it's a kick to that as well isn't it very nice I've had khao soi before but not here I was
getting hungry I'm not even gonna lie about it I was not happy I think it's really good