The mayor and representatives from network organisations an announced that this year’s Yi Peng festival, which is the Northern version of Thailand’s Loy Kratong festival, will involved many activities this year put on by authorities. There will be a large parade through the city with 25 floats, there will be lights and decorations throughout the city to add to the festive ambiance, there will be t … Continued
Good things come to those who wait. And wait we have, as year after year, decade after decade we visited Warorot Market and wandered up, step by step, the old escalator to the second floor. Today you can see people taking photos and videos as they watch friends and family gliding up the now spanking new escalator. The operators of Warorot Market decided learner this year to fix this old broken es … Continued
Doi Suthep-Pui National Park authorities have just announced that they will, this November, be opening a course to train people from the local community how to responsibly become guides along jungle and forest trails. As of next month, guides from the ‘Jungle Trek School’ in Nan province will be on hand in Chiang Mai to take groups of up to 20 students to learn how to responsibly navigate a fores … Continued
In 2021 Citylife came across Buak Chan, a Hmong Village-turned Homestay and resort up the Mae Sa Valley towards Samoeng. We gushed about this pristine and beautiful local enterprise here https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/living/getting-around/falling-in-love-with-buak-jans-spectacular-vista/, talking about the post-pandemic development of this resort which aimed to tow the environmental sustai … Continued
A backpack, two walking sticks, a small flag and a big smile — that’s all Claas Clements needed to set out on her great mission: walking 1,000 kilometres across Thailand to raise awareness and funds for Philanthropy Connections, a Chiang Mai based foundation supporting vulnerable communities across Southeast Asia. Class, who reached the outskirts of Bangkok on the 10th of this month, after having … Continued
The Chiang Mai Gate Market is bustling as vendors rush to apply for the government’s Half-Half Plus programme, inputting their details into the application since earlier this morning. A two minute process will have vendors now participating in the Half-Half Plus programme which many say they hope will help stimulate the economy and ease their financial burdens. “As people have the ability to purc … Continued
A 32 year old foreigner, nationality not specified, was seen wandering naked along the Maya Intersection by Nimmanhaemin and Superhighway Roads around midnight 2 nights ago. Many alarmed citizens called the police when he failed to respond to any questions, suspecting that he was ill or intoxicated. Once intercepted, police noticed that he was not lucid. Soon they were informed that his family wer … Continued
In 14th October rice farmers from multiple Chiang Mai districts gathered at the provincial government centre to demand urgent action from the government over record-low rice prices. According to Jamras Lumma, representative of the Chiang Mai–Lamphun Farmers’ Federation and leader of the protest, the current price for freshly harvested rice has fallen to just 7 baht per kilogram — the lowest in dec … Continued
Conde Nast Traveller’s readers have voted and Chiang Mai sits pretty high up the list of best cities for food in the world, at number 4. Tokyo was voted the best, followed by Madrid, Santa Fe and then us. “Ambles through Chiang Mai’s streets are soundtracked by sizzling woks and scented by fiery chillies. Backpackers, locals and high-flying business travellers sit shoulder-to-shoulder in buzzy str … Continued
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