Use yellow bank Krungsri Bank for ATM withdrawal, you can get 30,000 THB per withdrawal, higher than any other banks. Look for yellow ATMs.

There are more than 300 temples in Chiang Mai, if you can only visit one, which one would you go? My go-to place is Wat Umong. It is…

In Chiang Mai, you'll see a lot of cars that look like this:

• It's called Songthaew (pronounced like song-tau)
• They usually just drive around along the main streets…

Timing & Dates:

• The festival dates vary year by year following the Thai calendar, normally it falls in mid -late Nov.
• Exact dates are announced a month or…

Chiang Mai is pretty cheap compared to North America (where I'm from) and Europe. Here's a sample of what things typically costs around here to give you a…

• Chiang Mai is actually very good when it comes to wifi
• Most restaurants and cafes will give you wifi access if you ask them for password (provided you…

• There's only a couple of major movie theaters here in Chiang Mai. They're mostly very modern and comparable to what I'm used to back home in the US…

• There are 2 separate festivals, the official one is actually free and the largest in scale. It happens in Lanna Dhutanka (Map)
• The paid one is…

For "digital nomads", Chiang Mai is one of the best places in the world to move to. It's tempting to try to lock down an apartment before coming…

• It's fine for washing, brushing your teeth, etc.
• Just don't drink it
• Bottled water is sold everywhere