Final day in Chiang Mai on my second visit. I forgot how long it’s been since I’ve been here. I began my trip in early September, first stop being Chiang Mai, and three months later I’m back. Everything is still very familiar and exactly as I remember but where we’re located now there are a lot more tourists. I still like Nimmanhaemin road and the MAYA mall more because it’s modern and upscale so it’s a bit more accommodating for American familiarity.
We didn’t do any tours today, thankfully. We took it pretty easy. We got breakfast in the morning at the executive lounge and then went to Nimmanhaemin area to scope out the MAYA mall and the Nimman strip, my old stomping grounds.
Interesting computer set up. Ideas for StationGeek 
You can see the first condo I was in when I came to Chiang Mai the first time from the MAYA mall. 
We ate in the mall at Yayoi. It was pretty good. 
Festive. 
Think PARK is right next to MAYA mall where they have more shops and vendors. 
King of the fruit in Thailand. The queen of the fruit is the Mangosteen. 
My fruit stand I used to get all my fruit from. 
The ONE Nimman plaza had an event being held there where unique designers and creatives brought their stuff to sell. 
We were pretty tired after checking out MAYA and some of Nimman Road so we went back to the hotel to hang out and rest. We had reservations at a nice restaurant but since we saw that ONE Nimman was having an event we figured we’d come back since all the stands weren’t set up when we went the first time.
We went through Nimman road to explore and find food for dinner. We ended up going back to the MAYA mall since Jason was pretty over eating Thai food. Most of the time I was here I didn’t eat that much Thai food. I mainly ate Shabu and my typical morning breakfast that I would make back in the condo.
We took a tuk tuk to get to Nimman Rd because my Grab wait time was ridiculous. It turns out thetuk tuk was much faster and more fun.
MAYA mall looking a lot more festive. 
Live music at ONE Nimman. 
We got pizza at The PIzza Factory. It was a nice break from the norm and it was delicious!
Live painting and it was stunning.
After dinner, we headed back and finished up another episode of the Gentlemen’s Dignity series. Korean’s are so good at creating these K-dramas…I typically don’t watch this stuff but it’s
We packed up and I had to get some solution for my contacts so I went out at 12:45 pm to see what was open. I tried 7-eleven but they didn’t have it. Thankfully, the pharmacy was still open and had it. It was interesting to come out at night and see the city basically shut itself down. The streets were filled with vendors and tourists and now you could only see the skeletal remains of the night markets.
Now off to sleep to wake up at 6 am to pack the rest of our stuff and head over to the next destination, Phuket.