Why Chiang Mai Thailand Is a Traveler's Paradise

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Ep.91 We spent five weeks in Chiang Mai and were amazed by how it met our every need and want. It’s walkable, has delicious, inexpensive food, night markets, and so much more. Watch our deep dive that also includes what we paid on our travel vlog in Thailand.
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00:00 - Start
01:02 - Chiang Mai’s Hipster Area - Nimman
01:40 - Where to stay in Chiang Mai
02:04 - Chiang Mai is a Walkable City
03:03 - Massage Culture in Thailand
03:36 - Maya Mall for High-End Retail and Food
06:07 - One Nimman Market in Chiang Mai
06:45 - Chiang Mai Coffee Shops
08:19 - Thai Food in Chiang Mai
12:20 - Chiang Mai Old City
12:57 - Chiang Mai Night Markets
15:59 - Temples in Chiang Mai
19:51 - Our Chiang Mai Costs
22:35 - OUTTAKES
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@enriquesanchez2001 4 ай бұрын

SUPERB video - thank you Judy and Kevin for everything including the PRICE breakdowns - and the OUTTAKES !

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching until the end, Enrique! We had a few chuckles on this one! We appreciate you! -Judy

@jennyhope1850 4 ай бұрын

What a fabulous video. I so enjoy your videos and the recommendations you make for restaurants and cafes. Enjoy your rest of your time in SE Asia

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Jenny! ♥️ We have a few more months to go and then on to Orvieto, Italy!🇮🇹 -Judy

@maryswanson2412 4 ай бұрын

Love this video and your medical treatment one. So helpful and I noted a few of these restaurants where I want your exact meals! Chiang Mai is now top of my list of places to remote work! ❤️

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

There are so many remote work areas, Mary! And there was so much good food with tons of variety. Thank you so much for watching! -Judy

@owlscoffeecats 4 ай бұрын

My comment was going to be "No nail polish Kevin?" 😁 Then my husband and I saw the outtake at the end! Laughing is good for you!🤣 This was a wonderful video. All the colors with the temples, food and stores all come together in that area. Thank you for sharing the prices as well. The pumpkin coffee looked so tasty! I would agree with Kevin with his layered coffee looking "interesting". Just a fantastic video😊☕

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha! Seriously, Kevin keeps me in stitches daily! We are so glad you enjoyed our video! And thanks for watching through the bloopers. Not everyone does it! -Judy

@erinaustin9968 4 ай бұрын

Love this! The information is great. I’m excited to go!

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Erin! We're eager to visit South America, so we've been enjoying following along with your travels, too! -Judy

@Kari-Evan 4 ай бұрын

Great video, love seeing the different foods, can’t wait to go there.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Chiang Mai is a very cool place. Have you seen our entire playlist from there? We're especially proud of our elephant video and also our less touristy "why we stayed longer" video. You can find them both in the link below. We'd love to hear your opinion about Chiang Mai after you get to visit! -Judy 🎥 Thailand video series: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNT98lWfwdF3cqPH8_O_WDVYgoT13KJRq

@SnapCrackleRetirement 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video! Your Airbnb is super nice and definitely worth the splurge. As always your videos inspire.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching, Tina, and for taking the time to leave this kind note! Our Airbnb was ideally located for everything we needed, and the walking to Old City and the night markets was good for us. -Judy

@keithss67 4 ай бұрын

Great clip 🎉

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Have you seen the rest of our series from our 5 weeks in Chiang Mai? Here's a link. -Judy 🎥 Thailand video series: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNT98lWfwdF3cqPH8_O_WDVYgoT13KJRq

@388_days 4 ай бұрын

That's for sharing all those delicious looking meals. We're still talking about our time in Chiang Mai. What an adventure!

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, Steph & Chris! We enjoyed Chiang Mai immensely! We agree (and we totally understand about all the planning that you need to do that you mentioned in your video)! -Judy

@tkozikow 4 ай бұрын

Thailand and Chiang Mai just jumped up more than a few places on our destination list. Thanks for another great video. I watched this with my GF last night and laughed when you called out the viewer recommendation for Keen sandals which she thought was weird until I shared the background. Those Clearwaters look good on Kevin!

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

I hoped you would see this, Tim! Honestly, I can't get Kevin to stop wearing these! Who would have thunk it?! They have great coverage so his lily white feet aren't too exposed, which has been great. And we've done a LOT of walking and they've been super comfy for him. Did you happen to see our video from last week, which has some non-touristy stuff we did there as well that you might want to incorporate whenever you make your way there. Thank you so much for watching and for this fun comment! -Judy 🎥 Chiang Mai Charmed Us Into Staying Longer: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6yorah01rm6dH0.html

@omahgroup4080 4 ай бұрын

Your so beautiful Judy and your laugh is the best!🤣🤣 ❤Zeljka

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Zeljka, Thank you so much for the kind compliment! Kevin keeps me laughing every single day. I never know what he is going to come up with next! Very grateful to be married to him for over 40 years-in fact we met on March 31, 1979, so we are about to hit a new milestone soon! Have you seen the rest of our Chiang Mai videos from our 5 weeks there? They are linked below (we have a few more bloopers in there!). -Judy 🎥 Thailand video series: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNT98lWfwdF3cqPH8_O_WDVYgoT13KJRq

@Alene-vi2gj 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful.😊 want to go.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Hi Alene, We had a wonderful time in Chiang Mai! We have an entire series you might enjoy from our 37 days there. Thank you so much for watching. Here's a link if you are interested in our additional episodes. -Judy 🎥 Thailand video series: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNT98lWfwdF3cqPH8_O_WDVYgoT13KJRq

@sittichaitipsom8955 4 ай бұрын

Thanks video happy 🙏🙏🙏🎉🎉🎉♥️♥️♥️🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Chiang Mai took very good care of us. We were so grateful to have been able to spend so much time there. Of course, we want to come back to Thailand and see more. This was just the tip of the iceberg for us! -Judy

@GlobetrotterGranny 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE keen sandles!! Have owned several pair.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Kevin's been loving them! In fact, he's worn them nearly exclusively since he bought them! Thanks for watching, Rebecca. -Judy

@GlobetrotterGranny 4 ай бұрын

@@FindingGinaMarie my only complaint is the strap that goes around the back of the ankle can wear out faster than I think it should. I had to get one pair replaced. So keep an eye on that.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! Fingers crossed that doesn't happen for a long while! -Judy

@Marthi723 4 ай бұрын

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@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching, Martha! We have an entire series from our 5 weeks in Chiang Mai you may want to see. It's linked below if you're interested. -Judy 🎥 Thailand video series: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNT98lWfwdF3cqPH8_O_WDVYgoT13KJRq

@prettyhannah2158 4 ай бұрын

Great information. Thank you. Could you please let travelers know which best health company cover for travel international. Thank you.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Healthcare is never straightforward. It depends on your home country. For us as Americans traveling full-time with trips to the US only about three weeks per year, Cigna global health has worked out well. We have a high deductible Silver policy that keeps our monthly premiums more affordable to us than other options. It also limits how much medical care you can receive in the US. For us since healthcare in the US is so expensive, we don't think it's necessary to be back in the States to get good care. We have been able to pay for things out of pocket and mostly reserve the insurance for catastrophic events. We don't have chronic health conditions that require us to be under a doctor's care, and Cigna may exclude certain chronic health conditions. Unfortunately, there are compromises with everything, but it's been working for us. People who aren't full-time travelers often use Safety Wing, but we don't have experience with them. Here are a few encounters with healthcare outside of the US. -Judy 🎥 Surgery in Serbia: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d5igppVzxt3dd6s.html 🎥 Medical care in Thailand: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pt-gpZtjycq7d2w.html

@prettyhannah2158 4 ай бұрын

@@FindingGinaMarie thank you and thank you so much for fast replied. We are Americans as well. We plan to travel but not full time like you two (really admire you both). We would like to know which medical plan is best for emergency while we are on abroad. Enjoy your journeys.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Hi Hannah, We can't comfortably recommend something we haven't tried, but we know a lot of people really like Safety Wing. It may be the perfect fit for you. -Judy

@briandumont7272 Ай бұрын

Another pro tip if you aren't a sandle person. Carry a shoe horn in your pocket, backpack or purse.

@FindingGinaMarie Ай бұрын

Great suggestion, Brian! Thanks so much for watching! -Judy

@easyeasegraphics 4 ай бұрын

0:36 - which place is that?

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

If you're talking about our intro music section, that's Verona, Italy between Via Sottoriva and Largo Pescheria Vecchia (near Osteria La Fregola). We absolutely love that area! Thanks for watching! -Judy

@DLGemma 4 ай бұрын

@@FindingGinaMarieAt 0:36 is Rome 🙂

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

@dlgemma Rome (Trevi Fountain) is at :32, Verona is at :36. At least that’s the way the counter is showing to me.

@DLGemma 4 ай бұрын

@@FindingGinaMarie I'm pretty sure that's the Roman Forum.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

@easyeasegraphics @dlgemma Starting at the beginning of our montage, here are our images. Scrubbing to the exact second you're referencing has proven more challenging than I would have thought. There are multiple scenes in that same second. Hopefully this breakdown can help since they all go VERY quickly! 00:00:00 San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge 00:00:17 Athens Marathon Stadium 00:01:18 Venice St. Mark’s Square 00:02:17 Luxor Hot Air Balloons 00:03:07 Verona San Giorgio in Braida 00:03:25 Paphos Harbor waves crashing behind Kevin (SHORT) 00:04:14 Aswan Judy & Kevin Selfie 00:05:02 Edinburgh Castle Judy & Kevin Selfie 00:05:21 Rome Trevi Fountain 00:06:10 Broughty Ferry Scones & Cappuccino - Kevin 00:06:29 Paphos Harbor 10K Walk low sun over sea (SHORT) 00:07:17 Luxor Restaurants Nile View cappuccino cheers 2 00:08:05 Giza Sphinx Pyramid with Guide 00:08:24 Verona Veronetta Street 00:09:17 Spello Landscape Selfie Judy and Kevin 00:10:02 Broughty Ferry Pasta, Salad & Pizza 00:10:21 Rome Roman Forum 00:11:10 Meteora Judy and Kevin 00:12:01 Verona Città Antica

@helphelp9400 4 ай бұрын

You paid the tourist food prices.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Makes sense. But then again, we are tourists. The food was all still super affordable for us. And we had a couple of super inexpensive, non-touristy foods that were bargain basement (well under $4). We also stayed in a more touristy part of the city. We didn't feel taken advantage of at all though. -Judy

@johnm1859 4 ай бұрын

How about awful pollution 😅😅

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Hi John, Actually, we had no issues in Chiang Mai. As we mentioned, the government is working hard to retrain the thinking about burning season. While we heard that it was smoky and unpleasant at times in Bangkok, we had no issues with pollution or smoke while we were there (Jan. 21-Feb. 27, 2024). -Judy

@enriquesanchez2001 4 ай бұрын

Hey there! SO WONDERFUL! How do you cope with so much MOVING around? I just spent a week in Paris and I am thoroughly exhausted. And it was LAST WEEK! ♥

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Hi Enrique, We LOVE Paris! What you see in this video are things we did over the course of five weeks. We really only do tours on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays and then we are working on Wednesdays through Saturdays. If we saw everything there is to see in a week, we would be exhausted, too! It's all about pacing yourself! For the most part, we've been in one place for at least a month. Since we don't get any recovery time as full-time travelers, we give ourselves down days, and those are a necessity. We hope you had a great trip! Thanks for watching! -Judy

@enriquesanchez2001 4 ай бұрын

@@FindingGinaMarieThank you, Judy. I carefully organized my time in Paris, with large swaths of time between planned sites in order not to rush myself. Only twice did I find myself rushing. The tour inside "Pere La Chaise" ran long because I befriended Becky, our guide and stayed longer to see some composers that her friend who was there by chance showed me. I had to rush to get to my Arc de Triomphe ticket time, which a painful time which I didn't solve until later - and another was my visit to the Place de Concorde and the Louvre, I mistook the Louvre time by two hours because I thought it was for 4 PM. But I got momentarily confused with 14:00 and had to walk the long trek to the Pyramid entrance non-stop at a fast clip for 30 minutes. I found out something crucial about my socks. I had pulled them up to the top, they were compression type. My very old friend Jacques noticed that I was compressing an artery near my knee which was debilitating me after only a short walk! He suggested I pull it down much lower. Lo and behold! No more walking pain! I had to train for weeks to build up my leg strength! But one of my successes, was after Jacques had rehabilitated me, when I walked the entire length of the stairs at the Butte Montmartre up to the Sacre Coeur! ♥♥♥

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you managed to do a lot, and even seasoned travelers get the times wrong on occasion! What a good and observant friend Jacques is; your walking situation does not sound like it was fun. One of our most memorable experiences of the Sacre Coeur was when vendors were set up illegally and watching them bundle up their blanket and run while they were being chased by police! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. We absolutely love hearing them! -Judy

@enriquesanchez2001 4 ай бұрын

@@FindingGinaMarie🤣🤣 I glimpsed that bundle-run in Madrid last year on the "Calle Gran Via", the long shopping street! At first, I was startled by the commotion! 😂

@FindingGinaMarie 4 ай бұрын

LOL. I think we were as well at the time! We were there for our 30th wedding anniversary. We miss Paris, but the last few times we've been in France, Paris wasn't in good shape. Glad to hear that you had a better experience. -Judy