{"id":11665,"date":"2020-05-10T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/?p=11665"},"modified":"2020-07-06T13:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T12:09:58","slug":"why-i-would-never-live-in-chiang-mai-as-a-nomad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/es\/2020\/05\/why-i-would-never-live-in-chiang-mai-as-a-nomad\/","title":{"rendered":"Por qu\u00e9 nunca vivir\u00eda en Chiang Mai (como n\u00f3mada digital)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently spent some time in Chiang Mai and below is a report of my findings and insights as of January 2019.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chiang Mai is great for a holiday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Chiang Mai is a great place for a holiday, and I will for sure be going again.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed that it didn&#8217;t have so many people compared to Bangkok, traffic wasn&#8217;t so bad and everything was pretty cheap in terms of hotels and transport.<\/p>\n<p>The food in the north differs from central Thailand and it was nice to try new dishes I&#8217;ve not seen before.<\/p>\n<p>There are many tourist things to do in the city, and when you get outside the city the landscape and mountains are mind blowing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s when you get out the city that Chiang Mai shows you how beautiful it really is.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed in tree-house hotel for part of my trip. It was made from wood and had some crazy view of a mountain for 750b per night per person including breakfast and dinner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fire.jpg\" alt=\"Fuego\" class=\"wp-image-11673\" width=\"356\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fire.jpg 356w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fire-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption>Fire each evening as it gets cold in the night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I went on some hill walks though rivers and up the mountain with no gear, nobody in sight:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Trek.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Trek.jpg 701w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Trek-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption>Girlfriend trying not to snap her ankles<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Views.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Views.jpg 701w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Views-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption>The walk up a mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I would go back in a heartbeat, they even had thermal pools that you could rent for 150b per hour:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thermal-pool-in-chiang-mai.jpg\" alt=\"Thermal pool in chiang mai\" data-id=\"11672\" data-link=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/thermal-pool-in-chiang-mai\/\" class=\"wp-image-11672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thermal-pool-in-chiang-mai.jpg 701w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thermal-pool-in-chiang-mai-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\n<p>As I sat down on the opposite side was a village with wild pigs running about <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re the type of person who enjoys exploring nature, Chiang Mai is freaking great for a holiday and I advise to visit. <\/p>\n<p>However to live there as a digital nomad, I don&#8217;t recommend that and here&#8217;s why.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently spent some time in Chiang Mai and below is a report of my findings and insights as of January 2019. Chiang Mai is great for a holiday Chiang Mai is a great place for a holiday, and I will for sure be going again. I enjoyed that it didn&#8217;t have so many people [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-living-costs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why I Would Never Live in Chiang Mai (As a Digital Nomad)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article you&#039;ll learn why I would never live in Chiang Mai as a digital nomad in Thailand. 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