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Northern Thailand 2017 - Chiang Mai Part 6

It was our last day in Chiang Mai, and we had a free day without a car nor tour guide. I had wanted to look at some northern Thailand fabric and crafts so we went to Warorot Market. This market is quite large and is famous for fabric and craft supplies as well as food for souvenir. On the main floor, there were many vendors selling dry food items, and we bought a few packages of pork rinds. Their pork rinds tasted better than the ones you can find in Indonesia. And much cheaper too! I also bought a pack of 10 small Mango Pocky for souvenir. It turned out though, at the Tao Kae Noi store the Pockys were slightly cheaper.

The market building was so big and I didn't get to explore it well. I didn't find too many fabric stores either, I'm sure I wasn't looking in the right area. Nevertheless, just outside the market on a side street, there were stores selling trims and small accessories. It was so exciting! I had learnt from my trip to Mangga Dua in Jakarta not too long before that we did not have good selection of trims available locally. Prices were not low, but they were better quality.





There were many vendors on the street selling these pompoms with bright colours for accessories. They are crafts made by Hmong people.




If you want to buy Hmong souvenirs, the Hmong Market is the place to go. Just follow the google map location and you will find an outdoor market under tarp. Nowhere else in Thailand did I find these items with such prices. Outside this market you will find the same items double, triple, or even quadruple the prices you would pay here. I ended up buying fabric already hand embroidered to make a skirt. A very full skirt. I love it!




We didn't spend too much time there as the weather became too hot for my mom. We called Uber and left the market...




Originally, I had planned to go to Nakara Jardin Bistro & Salon de The, but it was just our luck that it was closed when we got there. Luckily our uber driver was willing to take use somewhere else, we ended up at Hard Rock Cafe Chiang Mai.






I finally had the chance to search for "Specialty Coffee in Chiang Mai" on Google, so we headed out to Ristr8to. It seemed like this was the most famous of all. At first I asked our Uber to take us to Ristr8to Lab, but again, this was closed. Luckily they have another location nearby. We walked over and ordered our coffee. They had so many different options in terms of coffee.... so between me and my mom we had 4 servings of coffee in an hour! Lol... They were all good, btw.












From Ristr8to we walked along the same street until we reached Think Park. It's not much of a park but more like a collection of small boutique stores. Somewhere in that park my mom lost her brand new Tom Ford shades. Ouch.


















After Think Park, we hurriedly crossed over to Maya Mall because it started drizzling... They had a few Elephant Parade statues on display inside the mall.



The drizzle turned out to be a huge rain, and when we were leaving the mall for dinner we found... flood! We walked to Cherng Doi Roast Chicken. We got our shoes soaked, but the food was pretty good! :D


The next morning was our trip to Chiang Rai. We were picked up by the same tour guide and we made a stop at Akha Ama Coffee on the way. Akha Ama is not only famous for their coffee drinks but also for how they support the local Northern Thai farmers. I bought a small pack of their beans back for my friend at Nagadi Coffee. :)




Please follow our journey to Chiang Rai on the next posts!
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