i need a volunteer men only
well i gotta go to the men's club i
won't tell you what's in here
i may never come back
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it is very easy to understand chiang mai
this is the city
right here this is the old city you see
the wild sea it's exactly a square mile
here is downtown near the river and the
railway station
on the other side here's the airport and
the new area
right here there are big and modern
malls in all four corners
and there are temples all over temple
temple temple this is the biggest of all
there are even some right here on the
mountain that don't fit on a map
easy right so now let me show you all
this up close
in this first video here in chiang mai
we'll just stay here in the old city
which is the heart of the ancient city
if you enjoy walking you can do
everything that i'm going to show you
simply walking exactly what i'm doing
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the best place to start your visit to
the old city is right here
at the main entrance this is tapai gate
chiang mai was built as a walled city
all this year was a fort protecting the
city there inside
in addition to the wall this moat here
was also for defense
chiang mai is one of the oldest cities
in thailand it was founded in 1296
centuries older than bangkok for example
at the time chiamaya didn't even belong
to thailand or better to say yeah
because thailand is a 20th century name
there was another kingdom here called
lana and chiang mai was the captain of
lana
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the entire wall doesn't exist anymore
finishes right here
there are only sections and even these
sections are not
authentic you know imagine something
centuries old things happen right there
are invasions there are wars
during world war ii chiang mai was
occupied by the japanese and the bricks
were repurposed
but then in the 80s there was a whole
restoration project here
and the wall was rebuilt according to
19th century pictures and experts say it
looks pretty similar
there were other gates here too but why
is this the main one
because it faces the ping river in the
end of this street over there
enhance the trade routes you know they
would welcome the traders this way
here they list some routes in case you
want to follow
visiting certain temples certain
restaurants and museums
the gate area has lots of cafes hotels
bars
restaurants outside inside it is really
nice and you find affordable options
here too
it is busy here
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always have your camera ready here in
the old town because
you're gonna come across places like
this look at this
beautiful temple so many temples here
and they're all so pretty
wat pang tao over there it's a temple
totally made of wood
dark tack wood and the wood itself was
considered an offering to the buddha
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dress code here
first temple of the day watch it in one
this big buddhist statue here is
considered the most beautiful
in nation chiang mai that's because his
face looks so gentle
it's believed that this tree here right
by the entrance is to protect the city
from all eels
here they have the shanghai city pillar
it was a pillar erected here to mark the
center of the city
the center of lana kingdom enhanced the
universe because they believed lana
kingdom was the center of the universe
at the time
and the spiller is here inside but
women cannot go in there's an
explanation it's right here
really it is believed that it humiliates
the sanctity of the city of pillar
okay no comments gordon i need a
volunteer
men only well i gotta go to the men's
club
[Laughter]
what you're giving me the camera you're
taking the camera you have to do a full
report of what's there
no i won't tell you what's in here
okay goodbye i may never come back
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okay i need a full report i can't say
there's a message in there it comes out
it's for men only did you see the city
pillar
yeah you cannot see it's on the ground
what chatty luan this massive massive
stupa here pyramid like stupa the
construction here started in 1385 and it
was built by the king at the time
to house the ashes of his father
this is the tallest structure in the old
town 80 meters tall
and it was actually taller because parts
of it fell down during an earthquake in
1545
and this tupa was renovated a few
decades ago this is also where the
emerald buddha was located remember the
emerald building my viewers in bangkok
the holiest buddha in the entire island
so it used to be located here
then it was relocated to laos because
chiang mai was about to be
invaded by burma and indeed it was so
the image was safe in laos
and then it ended up in bangkok at the
grand palace
here it is closed you can't go up you
want to go up don't you
my spirit
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there are so many pictures places inside
this temple complex
wow it is really beautiful
looks so real
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do not kiss and hug in the temple
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look at this line of tuk-tuks it's even
funny
and they're all busy
hello
[Laughter]
chiang mai is a city for people who love
culture and history
the atmosphere here is really laid back
you know compared to bangkok you leave
bangkok that chaotic city when you get
here
it's so peaceful it's like night and day
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which one is your favorite here this one
let me show you my favorite my favorite
this one right here
i'm thinking and this is me
when henta talks
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[Laughter]
this is the three kings monument the
king in the middle was king mengrai
he was the founder of chiang mai
actually he worked together with the two
other kings to design
and build the city in the late 1200s
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this monument here is treated as a
shrine by many thai people
when we got here there were some ladies
throwing their flowers saying their
prayers
what this gentleman is taking off
everything that the ladies put here
and there's his bike just hope it's not
gonna sell it
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that's specially for you go there like a
kid like a kid
it feels so good oh look at this street
how charming huh
interesting there are so many temples
here that some are hidden
right that one hidden behind these cars
this this one here
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this temple here watch our mountain is
the oldest in chiang mai
construction here started in 1306 and
this one is totally free
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now this is the next temple in the same
complex and here they have crystal
buddhas and the marble is supposedly
2500 years old
wow
elephants surrounded pagoda so
interesting how
temple complexes here always have lots
of structures it's never just the temple
interesting how it's time and humidity
everything gets damaged owed
the gold remains the same
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there's a tiny buddha up there how
interesting
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look at these prices you're in the old
town thinking you'd pay
a lot looks like a really charming
restaurant for now
there are dozens if not hundreds of
temples here in chiang mai so it is
impossible for you to see
all of them so for us the last temple of
the day is
a very important one here and this
complex is home to 600 active buddhist
monks
so you got a book of languages
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[Laughter]
oh i think we're just walking yeah we're
here downtown
thank you thank you very much taxi
drivers or two
drivers are here waiting for people and
trying to get them on tours
and he had a book in various languages
to try to convince tourists in their own
languages they asked where are you from
i said brazil
so he tried to speak spanish with me
somehow portuguese and then he
got a book and it was fully written in
multiple languages including portuguese
he gave portuguese for me to read and it
was basically saying
like this gentleman is a really nice
gentleman great driver took us all over
you know things like that
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the details on him are so impressive
look at his skin
the color of the skin if i didn't know
this is wax
i could swear it's a real person
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whoever did this probably is working on
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hollywood
on the walls they show daily life here
in china
hundreds of years ago is one of the most
famous temples in chiang mai
and here you find some really impressive
sculptures of monks
very worth the visit 20 per person
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people here are praying and walking in
circles
i think it's a tradition here for people
to walk around
the temples yeah there's a tradition
here that you gotta
walk in circles around elephants and as
there are elephants here maybe it's part
of the raisin
it's even kind of hard to look at it
directly isn't it is it the reflection
yeah cold literally blinded by goats
too much gold
do you think immigration will be asking
us questions if i brought that home
oh what do you think the big piece over
there the big piece of gold
[Laughter]
no they will never question
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do you know why there are dragons here
to scare the brazilians away no come on
the temple is actually uh for people who
are born in the year the dragon
oh yeah what year is that well there are
various ears you need to go
back to the chinese calendar it is not
you baby neither of us ready or the
dragon
look at this dress code here should
follow this etiquette for
all thai temples
ladies pay attention to this
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look at tapay gate again if you're in
chiang mai on a sunday this is where you
gotta come
here's where the most famous night
market in town happens every sunday
starts right here and goes forever and
this is what it seems we don't even know
if we can make it all the way to the end
you ready to walk all the way to the end
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oh look at that
you want to try i don't know yeah yeah
yeah yeah
this is the fruit jack fruit
juice
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tastes like a grapefruit a grapefruit
you're getting all done here
reminds me a little bit about cirollo
too i said hola no way
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no no i think you're right it kind of
reminds me of monsterola
this is very sweet too i don't know if
the fruit is naturally sweet like this
or they
add sugar it is good i like it i could
have the entire bottle and another one
the sunday market happens inside the old
walled city and here there are lots of
wooden beautiful temples and it's so
interesting because the market continues
like this
and the soys are alleys right and the
temples right here
services are going on at the same time
this is very interesting to
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i see several wishes here good things
yeah yeah it's so beautiful isn't it
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i thought i was getting a good deal at
the chat attack market in bangkok for a
foot massage
here 30 minutes of a foot massage is 70.
there i paid 100 for 20 minutes
prices here in chiang mai are much
better than in bangkok
they leave all the fruits here already
prepared inside the cup you choose what
combination you want and then you just
order
hi
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here's my choice strawberry with mango
oh it is so good it's yogurt here too
love it
it's so good
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here in southeast asia they take waffles
to a whole new level this one here is
chocolate made of chocolate with
chocolate inside
and there are so many combinations you
can get with bananas
with coconuts so ham and cheese and
everything is so good
look at the place over there baby it's
what can tell
the wooden temple
so many temples here all lit at night so
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beautiful
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i knew we wouldn't manage to see the
entire sunday market it is huge
so we started to get a tour and arrived
near the area with the temples
and look at this look at this place we
have it basically to ourselves
are you serious photobomb did you bomb
i do that all the time yeah you're great
i in lots of people's pictures including
mine
geez oh cars and tuk tuks are leaving at
the same time and i'm trying to shoot
do you know why women can go no it's
because women have periods
they are periods literal and then they
have periods