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A quick travel guide to Chiang Mai
There are 4 kinds of people who will love Chiang Mai: natural-oriented minds, budget travelers, culture explorers and adventure challengers. The quick Chiang Mai travel guide below will explain in details. Get in The cheapest mean of transportation to Chiang Mai is ordinary train, there’s one at Bang Sue station, only 270 baht. Overnight train but very basic equipment so you’re expected to deal with noise, dust and back ache because they are all wooden seat. It’s cheap but very fatigue. I’ve taken bus, which I thought it was quite more expensive than train at first (488 baht for a class I seat) but then I found that Bus was…
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Something true about Yi Peng festival (Mass air lantern release)
Whether you have to pay for ticket to join Yi Peng festival? Firstly, you have to understand the festival in depth. Following my research, there are 2 separate festivals but happening the same time: They are Yi Peng (air lanterns) and Loi Krathong (floating laterns on rivers). While Loi Krathong is popular nationwide in Thailand, Yi Peng is actually local. They are held separately, then combined into one occasion for better organization and tourist attendance. The festival lasts for 3 days officially. However, you can visit days before to experience the local preparation works on their houses and pagodas, or extend your staying longer to access to a self-releasing lanterns event held…
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Nghinh Ong festival in Can Gio
I got the agenda by chance when I was on the ferry. It shows that the event will take place in Can Thanh town. By the way, I think the event is good opportunity to explore local culture as well as the mangrove ecosystem nearby. A good bargain, right? The below are some shows which I think they’re interesting. Festival agenda (with only suggested activities) 13/09/2016 8h: Pentaque tournament (Local Arena) 14/09/2016 7h: Visiting Rung Sac martyrs cemetery. (Rung Sac cemetery) 8h: Food fair (Le Thuong street) 9h: Human chess (Can Thanh market) 19h: Profesional Cai Luong shows – a kind of local musical theater performance (Lang Ong Thuy Tuong – “Whale temple”) 15/09/2016 7h30:…
