To get to Chiang Mai, we took a night train from Bangkok. It was rather like going for a ride on the Hogwarts Express. Everyone on the train was British for some reason, and it was all quite magical.
Chiang Mai has a lot of temples. They're all super pretty and awe-inspiring. This is me disrespecting one of them.
One of the things the manager of our hostel told us we should do was to get a massage at the lady prison. They rehabilitate their prisoners by helping them learn a trade and save up some money for when they get out. This was an incredible massage, and probably one of the safest ones in Thailand since they don't offer any kind of contenting endings.
We found that the prison also has a restaurant and we made the great decision to go eat there. I pointed at a picture on the menu which looked good and it ended up being this. It was a little bit too spicy for me but oh so worth it.
It turned out that the hostel we stayed at is really great. The manager, Noom (pictured at the right), is really nice and hilarious and organizes trips for all the guests almost every night. Shoutout: the hostel is called Spicy Thai and is really great. Go there.
The first night we went out to a hawker market and ate all of the deliciousness. This lady in her cowboy hat makes some delicious chicken.
After the market, he took us all out bowling which was a great time. And it turns out that doing something like this with a bunch of people you don't know actually makes you get to know them pretty well. All hostels should do this!
The second day we went whitewater rafting on the craziest river I've been on. This was definitely the best rafting trip ever! Our guide was amazing and kept racing us ahead of all the other rafts and taking us down the most heinous sections of the river. So much fun!
On the rafting trip we met this guy, John. He's really cool and lives in Sydney, Australia. We met up with him later that night for drinks and a walk around the night market.
McDonalds in countries other than America is amazing! We didn't actually eat at this one, but the one in Australia was quite delicious with their chicken and cheese sandwich. And in Japan they actually use real chicken and flavor it with lemon and pepper. Wow it's good.
I bought some more things for my parents at the night market. This one was much less shady than the one in Bangkok - nicer people and no haggling.
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