Arrival in Chiang Mai

We got to Chiang Mai on Thursday morning after a night spent on the incredibly old and sorta creepy night train. The weather was beautiful when we arrived at the train station and we just knew we'd love it here. Chiang Mai has a really low-key and relaxed vibe to it, not like Bangkok at all. We met our driver who picked us up at the station and drove us to Eagle House, the guest house we were staying at that night.

arrival at the Chiang Mai train station!



Chiang Mai is Thailand's second largest city but only has a population of 150,000 people. The "old city" is in the center surrounded by a moat. The rest of the city spills out in all directions outside the moat. Most people here ride motorbikes and don't wear helmets or obey traffic signals! Sometimes there's quasi sidewalks but usually you're forced to walk in the drainage gutter at the side of the road.