When you hear Thailand you think of Phi Phi, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Bangkok. These are the favoured tourist destinations in Thailand offering beautiful beaches, thriving nightlife and great shopping. However, many tourists often never travel north of Bangkok towards the city of Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai is and inland city which cannot provide you with beautiful beaches or scuba diving, but what it does provide can certainly make up for it. Chiang Mai is famous around Thailand for are local food markets bursting with amazing smells of herbs and spices which can be experienced anywhere else. Now I’m not talking about fried cockroaches and spiders or cooked dog. They have a wide variety of fresh seafood brought in from the coast, all your favourite Thai dishes and many traditional foods for around $2 each! Once you’ve filled yourself to the burst its time to take a 3 day hike into the mountains. No this may seem unappealing to the young adult traveller looking to party it up for 2 weeks but believe me it is worth it! After hiking through the mountains for about three quarters of the day you end up in a local tribal village where you stay, cook dinners with the tribes people as their children put on shows for you. He next day, if you are brave enough, you can go and meet the tigers, brought up by monks since they were cubs, these tigers are placid and are used to human interaction. You are able to lie down with them and take phtoto’s. Unlike the blackout drunken escapade during the full moon party, this is truly an experience you will remember for the rest of your life.
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