Good morning.
So it is the second day of my road trip out of Chiang Mai to some of the surrounding areas.
Yesterday we went to Pha Chor and also Doi Inthanon, which is an amazing national park
up here, and the tallest peak in Thailand.
So today we're gonna go drive three hours back to Chiang Mai, we're gonna pick up my
buddy, Pete, who I run my adventure tours with, and hopefully, see this really cool
wat that I haven't really seen a whole lot of photos of or people writing about.
So I have a feeling it's still a little bit of a hidden gem but it's a long drive.
We've got about six hours ahead of us so let's jump in the car and go.
Ready, Ashley?
Ashley: Yes, I am.
It's so cold.
Look at this straggler we picked up.
Pete: Oh, shit.
You can't say "shit" on Youtube.
I don't know, you probably can.
You can, actually. If it's not sponsored, you can do it. Say whatever you want.
Alright, I guess we won't monetize this video.
Pete and I work together on the adventure tours that we do.
So we just both happened to be in Thailand at the same time.
Pete: Hi, everyone.
So we're bringing him on our little road trip now.
Are you excited?
Pete: Actually, you're coming on my little road trip.
So where are we going now, then?
Pete: Uh, you know...highway to the next spot...
Okay. Cool.
Glad...thanks for bringing us along.
Good morning.
It's about 7 a.m and we're at a place called Wat Chaloem, which, I hadn't really seen it
much on the internet, but Ashley found it.
Yeah I did!
And it looks like Bhutan.
It doesn't even look like we're in Thailand.
And I can kind of see it just at the top of the mountain here so we're gonna take a truck
up, because you have to, and I, hopefully...yeah, be really impressed by the views up there.
Alright.
Stair time.
This is the view partway up.
That is nice.
Halfway now.
Ashley: 200 meters to go.
It's keeping us sexy.
Ashley: Yeah.
It's keeping us sexy.
This is incredible.
Not just the amazing view.
I have no idea how they got all these stupas up here.
Time to go...that must mean it's time to go explore.
Okay, that was awesome.
Now it's breakfast time.
Google Maps has had some really interesting ideas for the kinds of roads we should be driving down...on.
Okay, that road was treacherous and I just wanna say to all the people who wrote blog
posts about this, you didn't actually come here.
I know you didn't because...
Pete: This is getting real.
Because you didn't give any helpful information.
But we made it and I can't wait to see this later.
You gotta keep it real.
I'm keeping it real, yeah.
So we've just driven for, like, an hour through some really rural dirt roads but we just arrived
at, like, a Thai cenote.
It's super cool.
So it's, like, super clear water.
I guess it's a holy area as well.
Let's go check it out.
Cool. Fishies everywhere.