Chiang Rai

Wow, Chiang Rai was a cool place! I somehow messed up on my flight booking and it ended up costing me twice as much as it should have. Fortunately I had won a 50/50 draw at work that day. When we got the Chiang Rai I was still stressed out from the flight complications, but we managed to walk around and find a decent hotel.


During the day on Saturday I rented a mountain bike from a place called "Fat Free Bikes" so I knew it had to be good! The woman there ended up giving me a great bike/lock/helmet/tube repair kit and map for only 300 baht ($10). I spent the entire day riding in the mountains it was wonderful!

When I got back from my 6 hour ride, the other girls and I hopped on the back of pick-up truck and got taken to the coolest hotel you have ever seen! They were bamboo huts! It was so wild and the view was spectacular!

The hotal was called the Akha House and it only cost 200baht each for a night. It was an unbelievable place to stay. I thought the mosquitoes would bother me in the middle of the night, but it was no different than being at the cottage of something, I slept like a baby!

The next day the other girls went on a trek, but I had to go back to the airport early because of my messed up flights! On my way to the airport I got the tuktuk to stop at the White Temple which was a neat temple that was completely painted white with Spider-man and Batman painted on a mural on the inside, unfortunately you weren't allowed to take pictures of the inside!

It ended up being a great weekend minus the flight kerfuffle.