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we are in chiang mai's old city in
search of three things a nice coffee
shop with good coffee a beautiful temple
and a traditional northern thai dish
known as cow soy so without further ado
let's go and explore this wonderful city
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we have come for our morning coffee and
breakfast at this beautiful cafe called
fern forest cafe in all honesty i just
googled chiang mai's at best rated cafe
and it brought us to here and i'm very
very glad we chose to come here because
it's super cute let's see what the
coffee and breakfast tastes like
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that is good coffee sometimes in
thailand the coffee
is quite strong and i'm really sensitive
to coffee so
i like to find a nice
lighter coffee and obviously always go
for a latte because it won't be as
strong but yeah the coffee is really
good
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is there a good way to eat a bagel i'm
not sure
an elegant way
the bagel is kind of chewy which i've
never had before
but the salmon is beautiful
feels really fresh yeah nice and for
this salmon bagel
it's 225 bar
so a little bit more expensive but
toasty on the rest you notice that when
you come to thailand that the cafe
culture is huge obviously with chiang
mai it being a digital nomad hot spot
having a nice cafe with good coffee good
wi-fi and good food is a no-brainer but
not only for digital nomads it's also a
good place for the local thai people or
anyone just to come and have a nice
little coffee and a chat and enjoy the
day
so now breakfast
brunch is done we are gonna hop on the
bike and take you to explore more of the
old city and maybe find a temple or two
this is our little pixie pcx that we
bought
actually rented
it was for this bike it was how much was
it four thousand
four oh four thousand per month for this
bike which is actually cheaper than what
we was paying in phuket
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so for me one of the main reasons why i
wanted to come to chiang mai is because
it's a lot more cultural it has a lot of
more ancient history and i find that
super interesting so we are on our way
to well we're just outside of what chad
luang i hope i'm pronouncing that right
which is a temple
right here in the center of the old city
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thank you
thank you thank you
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this is what i live for these moments
here exploring
historical religious places like this
this is what chedi luang i think i've
pronounced that right and it is still a
practicing buddhist temple so what did
you find out about this place charlie so
this temple was actually built 600 years
ago
it's bang in the middle of chiang mai
like in the in the middle of the old
town they've got some cool like buddhist
chat thing where you can speak to the
buddhists and ask them questions
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so we've seen a lot of temples in
thailand
we've
i actually think this one
might be the best one
out of all the ones that we've seen
right
i don't know this feels a bit like it
feels different it feels more like we're
in like a different
you know like we're in chiang mai it
feels a bit more cultural first of all
and
this is super old
and i'm into my history
the thing like this was built 600 years
ago
so yeah
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this is why i love coming to temples
because they can literally make anything
simple as a light
look beautiful
it's crazy isn't it
a few subscribers
wanna know how hot it is
and take a look at this year oh wow it's
super sweet some super sweaty chests
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so you arrive at one temple and are
absolutely blown away by its beauty and
then you walk 100 meters less than round
the corner and you find even more
beautiful spots and you're blown away
even more there is an unbelievably
beautiful temple it has the finest of
fine details which make it even more
spectacular
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as you can see there are loads and loads
of food street food stores and drinks in
the temple but it is just too hot right
now so we're gonna go find somewhere to
drink and sit
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i feel like we could be caught in a
traffic jam here
and this is how you do it when you're in
thailand on a bike you've got a weave
through
oh the cars
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charlie was craving ice cream so we
googled what the best ice cream was in
chiang mai and this place seven senses
had really good reviews on google so
we've come here to seven senses gelato
is it gelato gelato
gelato gelato same thing tomato tomato
and um
we are in niminhamen which is a pot just
outside of chiang mai old city
and i have seen online that a lot of
people have said that this is kind of
like the digital nomad hotspot you'll
see a lot of foreigners around this area
it's a good place to stay because there
are loads of cafes restaurants places
like this to come and check out so
that's where we are right now
about to enjoy a bit of strawberry
cheesecake ice cream and for this one
scooper of ice cream it was 89 baht
which is around two pounds cheers
the heavens have opened so it looks like
we're sat here eating ice cream all day
yay
it literally rained for less than 10
minutes so we're gonna hop back on the
bike
and go find some cow soy i'm super
excited cow soy chicken
cow soy beef cow soy shrimp i don't know
hopefully it's as good as what it says
online because i can't wait
so we are at cat's kitchen which is a
local thai restaurant that is situated
just outside of chiang mai or city we
came here before and the food was
delicious portions were massive and we
noticed that they did cow soy chicken so
we thought we'd come back today and give
it a try here's a bit of historical
information about khao soi it actually
comes from burma where a chinese
minority group called chinhor
bought the dish with them when they fed
from china
that's really interesting the famous
khao soi has arrived
it smells pretty similar to a master man
it smells delicious
and also
what are these
these are noodles but they look like
crisps
they literally are like crisps some sort
of christmas ah i'm so
here are the noodles the noodles are at
the bottom
and then these are just
i don't know what these are but yeah the
noodles are actually at the bottom
anyway let's give it a try
firstly i'm gonna try the sauce
spicy is it spicy i asked for medium not
in thailand that means spicy it's not
spicy when you first like put it in your
mouth it's spicy when you swallow it
it's got that kick at the back of
tastes like a in between of a masaman
and a panang because it's got that kind
of like lemongrass
sort of flavor
but it's really nice and like creamy as
well noodles chicken
cabbage red onion and some crispy stuff
on top if anybody knows what this crispy
stuff is please let me know in the
comments because it's actually super
tasty so i'm not surprised that this
khao soi tastes amazing because it has a
very good reputation and it definitely
lived up to it though i do think the
next time i try it i want to try it at
somewhere that is like known for kyle
soy so if you know any good spots in
chiang mai that do khao soi drop them in
the comments box and let me know where i
should go and the final price for that
meal was
320 bar which is actually mad because in
phuket was paying double the prices
so i had massaman omelette rice two
coconuts you had the cow soy 320 which
is like eight pound total mad thing
matters
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so we've brought you on the top of our
condo to show you this amazing view over
the whole of chiang mai it is seriously
amazing it's been such a nice first full
day in chiang mai exploring
what do you think it is like living here
compared to bangkok
well i don't like bangkok so
for me
this is a lot better it's like
it's kind of like phuket but in the city
kind of thing yeah a weird way like it's
got the same kind of traffic
to some extent maybe a bit busier
but it definitely seems relaxed it's
nice the temples are good it's nice to
have the mountains like surrounding the
city as well yeah um it is i'm really
enjoying it so far we've only been here
for a few days so i definitely recommend
it yeah we haven't met like any anyone
yet though like we've not really joined
any nomad meetups or anything so so if
you're in chiang mai and want to meet us
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in my opinion it's it's really nice it's
convenient you've got beautiful scenes
you've got beautiful cafes you've got
beautiful restaurants it's just a thumbs
up from me for sure yeah no it's nice
it's good
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