In Chiang Mai, you'll see a lot of cars that look like this:

• It's called Songthaew (pronounced like song-tau)
• They usually just drive around along the main streets…

Many people ride scooters in Chiang Mai without a license, which is illegal. You can still rent them (rental place won't care if you have or don't have…

Timing & Dates:

• The festival dates vary year by year following the Thai calendar, normally it falls in mid -late Nov.
• Exact dates are announced a month or…

• If you're going to have cellular data (which you should. See below): Grab is definitely the easiest and most convenient way to get to and from the airport…

• While most tourists choose to fly, it's both possible and quite popular among locals to travel by train between Bangkok and Chiang Mai
• Though to be honest, flying…

• Mobike is a dockless bike rental service, meaning you can pick them up anywhere and drop them off anywhere
• Their bikes are orange and black, like this:

• They're…

If you take a taxi, you should give directions to the drivers with:

• intersection of main roads close to where you are going
• main monuments / business /…

20 baht per ride if under 5 km, gradually going up if over 5 km. Try to look up how to pronounce the street you want to go…

• Scooters are everywhere in Chiang Mai. Both locals and farangs (that's the slang for westerners in Thailand) can be seen riding them pretty much every part of the…

Use Grab when you travel far (over 20min ride time i’d Say) or in a bigger group, or in a rush, or late at night

#comfort #notoverlyexpensive #takesonlinepayment

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