A four bus trip from Chiang Rai, Chiang boasts a bunch of Buddhist temples, elephants, trekking, bars, and lots of "Karaoke" places. Strangely enough the Karaoke bars have pictures of lovely looking 20 something ladies posing in a seductive manner. I cant help thinking those girls probably wouldnt be too good at singing Elvis renditions of "Love Me Tender".
Chiang Mai is known for its festivals addiction. I think on average they have a major Thai festival every 2 - 3 weeks. Goodness knows what for, maybe they are just really happy?
We stayed in a cool little guesthouse called Banana GH. I recommend it if you are staying in Chiang Mai as it is close to everything and the people there are really nice.
We got foodpoisoning, and I can tell you it wasnt very fun. We had stuff coming out of us from every direction. Headache, stomach ache, diarrhaea, vommitting. Ewwwwwwwwww!!!!!! Not nice I can tell you! Lauren was worst hit still suffering 4 days later. I was lucky and only had to put up with it for 1 day.
