i can totally understand why this is the digital nomad capital of the world
so
hi guys welcome back to another video we're lloyd and mandy and we just arrived in chiang
mai thailand so we spent the last actually seven days in bangkok we weren't planning on staying
there that long we had a bit of a stressful week actually if you watched uh one of our previous
videos we would have mentioned about our google adsense problems we were having yeah basically
we got a notification from youtube to say that if they couldn't verify our address by today
they would shut off our account and demonetize our channel yeah and like we said this isn't all about
the money for us but we do need to see some return so we can keep putting out as many videos as we
are at the moment we're currently doing three a week and it's kind of hard to do that when there's
zero coming back from it i mean we started this six months ago just to document moving to bali
as digital nomads and because we've got some good feedback and we like doing it we love it
we've decided that this is what we want to do when we put everything into it to get a message like
that from youtube to say that all your hard work could basically just be turned off was stressful
they're not an easy company to deal with we did everything right but we basically were talking
to robots there was a lot of back and forth but we got the good news yesterday that they verified us
finally after four months of trying yeah so and thank you to everyone that supported us and
sent us advice as well when we asked to get our account verified we're really grateful so
we can continue doing making these videos for you guys and thank you for all your support we really
really appreciate it so we're back in good spirits we're a bit tired because we've had a obviously
a really busy week not much sleep happening but we're looking at this as a fresh start in
chiang mai yeah and so far it's so beautiful here oh my goodness like mountains so green
our driver actually told us we're staying in a really good spot and it's been a really good
time to come apparently it's sort of a local traveling time yeah we seem to always come when
it's local holidays so it might be pretty busy but we're just waiting um it's about midday now
we can't check in until about 2 p.m so we're just going to go for a wonder and see what we can find
so we've just stopped to get some lunch before we head back to the hotel to check in
might have a little bit of a nap but i think so far lloyd has knocked it out of the park
for everywhere that he's picked for us to stay i'm so grateful that he does all this for us he does
so much research into good locations to stay at because everything's within walking distance we
just saw so many cool temples literally five minutes from where we're staying well done
he's the man
oh my goodness that cow soy chicken i think it's my new favorite thai meal it's so good
very good yeah unreal it's now time for us to check into our hotel it looks like
a really cute boutique hotel we're excited to see what the room looks
like the neighborhood that we're in is so cute loving chiang mai so far
so we're staying at a place called 99 the gallery it's so beautiful and it's so
affordable i'll put the price down here and we'll leave the link in the description if
you're interested in staying here really good value it's so peaceful here everything just
feels like luxurious for this price i actually can't believe it but we're dying to have a nap
and then we're going to head out and see what other amazing foods that we can eat in chiang mai
so
i never would have considered putting ice in my beer until
we came to thailand but it's actually not that bad i like it i'm all about
so that was my second cow soy chicken for the day and i'm not afraid to admit it that has just
replaced my favorite meal from pad thai to cow soy chicken and i'll probably eat two tomorrow as well
so good definitely recommend that restaurant if you're in chiang mai it's run by like a husband
and wife and they were so cute working together and it's just a really cozy little restaurant
so yeah definitely check it out if you're in the area we love a family owned business we're just
heading back to the hotel now we're absolutely exhausted and in the morning we might head
off on a scooter adventure we're not sure yet but we'll see you guys in the morning
sure i mean we literally ate scorpion the other night i'm sure it can't be any worse hello sweetie
we have had a great start to the morning uh there's a little gym
in the place that we're staying at so we both went down to the gym for about an hour
this morning uh then we had a huge breakfast which was super affordable at the hotel now we have a
bit of housekeeping things to do as you do when you are living on the road gonna get some laundry
done so someone's coming to pick that up from the hotel for us and now lloyd needs to get a haircut
we're just walking to a barber not far from where we're staying
and then we are renting a scooter for the day and gonna go explore
yeah it's cute so small that won't fit my head i don't think
so you can actually do like a loop around sort of near chiang mai that's about 100 kilometers long
on the scooter we're not going to do that today we've just come to a place called the grand canyon
uh it looks pretty epic we've just arrived it's like a proper grand canyon hey it's so
beautiful um even looks better than the pictures riding a scooter around chiang mai or thailand in
general is a bit different to bali yeah not as laid back a lot more cars and a lot more
hectic with overpasses and stuff yeah much bigger roads and way more cars yeah it was
a bit tricky getting here yeah but we made it um we're gonna go check out this canyon
so
so this side of the lake is pretty cool but the reality of it
is it is a water park on the other side with horrible music but it is pretty cool
here the water park would be fun if you're into that looks pretty awesome
it's pretty dead here at the moment too so you pretty much have the whole thing to yourself we
just like this side the lake's really cool i think you can just swim in it if you want um or jump in
from here and it was only 50 baht each to come in which is pretty good but uh we're gonna head off
now and find somewhere to eat on the way back to the hotel somewhere new that we haven't tried yet
so
do
how is it the beef so tender
i'm really annoying and picky with me but this is the most tender beef i've ever had if you're
sort of finicky with like meat i think you'd like this one like i do lunch was absolutely beautiful
i highly recommend that place if you're wanting a more authentic local experience
uh definitely check it out i liked that while we were sitting there everyone sort of that lives in
the area seemed to come in for lunch as we were there which is really cool just feels like you're
actually amongst what's happening here but we are still thirsty so we might go grab a beer now
so we just stumbled onto this awesome rooftop bar just by accident we were driving past and
we saw the lights and it looked so good and it was so good to watch the sunset from there we highly
recommend it yeah we've been google searching like best bars in chiang mai all afternoon
couldn't really find anything and then we just stumbled across this place randomly yeah and the
beers were actually affordable if you ordered the large beers and you share one between you
if you order the small ones it's quite expensive but um there's just a little hack for you yeah
that seems to be the trick here yeah always get the large beers and share it between two people
so we just drove for maybe a minute and a half and we stumbled upon this place uh cafe we're
both craving western food because we've been eating so much asian food the past
month maybe this place has western food so we might both have a burger tonight and it's
really affordable as well and it's packed in here they're so busy which is great to see
i can totally understand why this is the digital nomad capital of the world there's so much to
do for nightlife heaps of amazing restaurants the city is so clean very impressed with how quiet it
is as well but for me as a small town girl i find it really hard to be away from either the beach or
mountains just city just isn't enough for me so for me personally i couldn't see myself living
here but i do think it's an amazing city and i will visit again so many amazing restaurants
so much to do not a whole lot to do during the day though i think that's just a city thing
being an early morning riser i think i'm just not used to that but highly recommend it if you
are a city person it's such a beautiful place to be we hope you guys have enjoyed the vlog
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you