Travel Pro Places of Interest #241: Mueng Mai Market in Chiang Mai Thailand! Part Two (9 photos)
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You've got a restaurant in Chiang Mai? Then this is the place to go shopping. You've got a kitchen in Chaing Mai? This is still the place to go. You have a little gas lit stove and a crusty frying pan you use to cook out of your hotel room? Yep that's right come to Mueng Mai Market and you will not be disappointed.
My first time at this market was about 15 years ago when I first came to Chiang Mai. It was a little weird being back cause everything had that fuzzy distant memory feeling. Like hey, feels like I've been here before, oh yeah, that's right I have, just a long-ass time ago!
I can proudly state that not all that much has changed. Just a lot of people wearing face masks down around their chin and making believe this market is not a breading ground for all sorts of germs.
Since my travel has been hampered by the virus, I've slowed my roll and have been staying in Chiang Mai for a while. A real gem of a small city to set yourself up in. This market is one of the reasons why; it's the biggest and best Thai open air market in maybe all of Northern Thailand. they have the best selection by far and the best prices.
Come here with a twenty dollar bill and you'll be set with fruit and produce for a month! And we are talking top quality, and depending on the season you can get some amazing fruit that will have you asking where have you been all my life?
In all honesty I would say sanitary conditions have improved over the years and there may be a few stalls here in which I would buy meat from, but I don't. I just get fruit and vegetables at this market. That is kind of my rule when traveling through countries like Thailand, buy produce at these markets, top quality and rock bottom prices; get meat at the western style supermarkets, which there are plenty of in Chiang Mai. They are often next to the Gucci store in the big shopping malls.
Another thing I love about this market is that it is raw! It is old school! It is sights, sounds, colors, and excitement! It is how things have been for a long long time! It is food and culture mixed into one; and it's a great place to take some photos! Now come a long lets check out the Mueng Mai Market in Chiang Mai Thailand!
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Great pictures. When I was down in Phuket some of the people hanging out at the hotel I was at had been living up in Chiang Mai teaching English and they came down for a week for a "vacation" .
I wondered what those markets would look like during the pandemic.
P.S. You are really doing good on here in comparison to anyone else I have seen in regards to voter engagement. I just powered up a solid amount because with the SBD pumping STEEM will follow. Hopefully we can ride it to the MOON!
Thanks Brian. Anywhere in Thailand is a vacation to me! hahaha, but yes a lot of teachers here will head to the islands for a week to switch things up. I've been living in Chiang Mai for about 5 months now. Chiang Mai offers up an incredible quality of life for pennies on the dollar. Just love it here, but time for me to switch it up. Will be heading down to my favorite island soon for a couple months, Koh Phangnan.
Yes, things have gotten exciting lately with the price moving up nicely. Yes, the SBD has blown up. Smart to move it into Steem. I've been doing the same, as the name of the coin SBD says it's to be manipulated down to go back to one to one with the dollar.
Thanks for the compliment, I've just been consistently posting, doing my thing here and have not stopped since I started 3 years ago. Hence "real life capture 350+"
I really enjoy it, and now that I'm getting rewarded for it again, all that much better.
Also, I remember you on here from when I started. I think you were doing videos from your pool or something. Anyway, thanks for your support and thanks for stopping by. -Dan
Yep the pool meetings were a long time ago, hahaha. We will see what happens with everything as we pull out of this pull back. I would like to get some more money into crypto for the solid push up once the $1.9 Trillion stimulus hits and more people get money back from their tax returns.
Totally agree, even a small percent of that making it's way into the crypto market should push prices higher.
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