Hello! After you have watch this video, here is the summary of my trip!


Place: Chiang Mai (CNX) & Chiang Rai (CEI)
Time of Travel: Mid July of 2017 (19-21 July)
Overall Weather During Trip: Gloomy, Moody and Rain
Trip Duration: 4 day(s) 3 night(s)


Total Expenses in this trip: 

*RM  1 500 (4 days expenses in Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai) (Average RM 550/person)

*RM 264 (Airbnb @ https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/11949794) (Average RM 71/person per night)

*RM 1211.70 (Flight ticket with Airsia, for 3 person, without INSURANCE and stacked with promotion period) (Average RM 403.90/person)



My note to you:
*Expect Northern Thai food cuisine, it is very different compared to Southern Thai's.

*Average price for decent food (Pad Thai, Som Tum, Khao Niao) is 30-40 baht. Moo ping, coconut ice cream and assorted kuihs is around 10 - 30 bahts. EXCEPT tom yum gong is around 100 baht.

*Consider GrabCar service over tuktuks and roddaeng (red car, similar to tuktuk). In some scenario, such as going up to Doi Suthep Temple, you will need to take roddaeng near Chiang Mai University.

*Use sunblock.

*IF you want to visit Chiang Rai with minimal costs possible, purchase ticket under Green Bus Thailand, not private tour.


That's all for the tips.
For itinerary plan, I will upload it here some time later...

Enjoy!

Above image shows you that this is N.16 cafe. A bus-designed infrastructure that is on top of a container. The bus caters the guests that would like to dine in, with the expense of small space. The container as the base, has washroom and small kitchen inside. This cafe serves typical western dishes and beverages such as pour-over coffee and soft drinks. Also, N.16 is located right beside the Padi Box Homestay, which is one of the most iconic homestay in Sekinchan.

RM 7 for this bottle of Malt beverage to cool me down from the scorching sun.

This is a must-go location, the Ah Ma House, middle of the paddy field, where you can find most of the souvenir items here before the end of your journey. The products are mostly edible products and follow by man made furniture. Price starting from RM 2 and above.
Moreover, you may opt for a ride around the paddy field with the vintage buggy car, RM 10 per pax.

People checking out their cart.

Would you like to have some cotton candy?

Making of the traditional wafer snacks "Kuih Kapit", was made by egg batter clasped with the iron mold.

Oyster Omelette is the highlight dish in Sekinchan. RM 15 per plate.

Kampung Atuk's gallery, tells you how the local catch the fish in the sea. (RM 5 for adult | RM 3 for children, access to the gallery)

Traditional man made house.

Fishery ports.

Store owner is busy cooking and delivering the food to the customers.

One particular moment was the food took so long to deliver on to my table. I had to constantly remind the food store owner about my order. This was utterly disappointed or perhaps it wasn't the right time to visit this place because of the high influx of visitors.

Oyster omelette, RM 15 per plate. The typicality of Sekinchan's Oyster omelette tends to have very high contain of oil, flour and lack of oysters... Unlike in Penang, it was really good, filling and delicious!

RM 6 for this Char Kuey Teow. This was the worst dish ever. Tasteless and kept me waiting for a very long duration.

 

Po-piah is the Asian version of wrap, with vegetables and possible protein inside.

Fried Carrot Cake that you should not missed out despite the large quantity of oil used!

Char (Fried) Kuey Teow.

Fried oysters and scramble eggs! A plate of fried oysters & scramble eggs can be pricey but never mind the value, because its really delicious and fresh. Highly recommended by me!

This is po-piah that I was saying just now. Asian version of wraps.

Cendol originated from Indonesia but also popular in Penang due to the Penang's variant.

Loh-Mee, a Hokkien dish, thick starchy gravy with thick noodles.

70's Ice Ball. It was said that back then, they used newspaper to hold the delicious ice ball...

Big Bowl Ramen. This shop happen to be in Chew Jetty, what a strategic venue to sell such item. However, it is the best ramen I ever had. Especially the curry soup.

Tourists hunt for cultural murals.

Walking along the WHS office in Penang.

Someone done with fishing.

When I was at home, the grass is always greener on the other side - People were saying how wonderful it is to be here, in the garden. These greens are such alluring and there's noway that you can resist such charm.
Before your parents exist into this world, Taiping Lake Gardens used to be a wealth-pool for miners, before it become the actual public garden in 1800. More over, average annual rainfall is about 4,000 mm in Taiping while the Peninsular's average is around 2,000 mm - 2,500mm. The unusual rainfall led to a fertile growth of flora and century-old rain trees in Taiping Lake Gardens, today.

" Ethereal Jaunt! "

#Throwback to the past where my Grandpop always brought me here to take a stroll and have fun in the playground. Then, there were many ice cream vendors along the pedestrian pavement - that's where I got crazy about it. I would buy them in 5 or 6 qty. I miss the mini melts ice cream by Nestle especially because its like a tiny-sized of ball ice cream. I'm sure you had that as well when you are a kid. I think that the production for mini melts ice cream no longer available in the market today...
Yes, I do recall that the air last time was way more fresher than today. Today's air contested with haze which produced all the way from Indonesia. Not blaming but seriously, they need to stop on open-burning method, which is inconsiderate act.

After done taking a stroll around the green, my mom brought us to the nearest Taiping Hawker Centre before heading back home.


It did not took us long to locate the hawker centre, and at that point onward, craving for the local delicacies is definitely a must.
*Above, is the vast variety of local snacks, in Malaysia we call it "Kuih". Each and every kuih have their own lore, taste and method of preparation - this is what makes the Malaysian delicacies so unique. The seller of this store definitely did a good job for recommending which is best based on my taste buds.

*Above, I ordered (One) plate of Char Kuey Teow and (One) bowl of shaved Ice cream. My favorite is on the Char Kuey Teow because its super delicious which I barely able to describe it. This Char Kuey Teow, FYI, its the wet-version, so, not too wet nor dry - one word for it: PERFECT. Also, not many chefs able to control the texture(wet/dry) of the kuey teows. Once again, kudos for this one!
As for the shaved Ice cream, its very disappointing because there's no flavor in it. I felt that the person who made this bowl, is extremely stingy or maybe, it is meant to be like this???


Postlude...~