Thailand might be the best overall travel cheap to paradise country in the world. And, if you come to that conclusion, you may also determine that the Nimmana area of Chiang Mai is the best place to live in Thailand starting at $16 per day.
After leaving China, I spent a few days in Bangkok with friends from India. Then I headed north to cool off in the mountains of Thailand, at Chiang Mai. Bangkok was a bit too warm for my taste, and I hadn’t been to Chiang Mai in a decade.
While in Chiang Mai, I first stayed at Nimman Boutique Resort ($17/night). It is right in the middle of my favorite neighborhood called Nimmana. After a few nights there, I found a furnished 1 bedroom condo on Airbnb.com for $18/night. That is the condo in the pics. Next door, there was a vegan restaurant (Anchan Vegetarian Restaurant) with pumpkin tofu curry $4–out of this world.
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Thailand might be the best overall travel cheap to paradise country in the world. And, if you come to that conclusion, you may also determine that Chaing Mai is the best place to live in Thailand, and here is why.
Great Food: The Nimmana area of Chiang Mai has an amazing assortment of food from all over the world. And the great news is that the Nimmana neighborhood is walkable. So if you stay in that area, you can walk, ride a bike, rent a scooter and try all the great restaurants. It is so developed that you can use the Internet to find interesting new dinner options or you can just walk around and read menus. It has that chic feel of an unpolished neighborhood like the east village in NY or Brooklyn. The following restaurants are more expensive ($4/meal) than the average Thai restaurants ($2-3/meal) in the area because they are more focused on the foreign market. Just look for your budget. Lunch/Dinner: Anchan Vegetarian Restaurant, The Salad Concept, Blue Diamond, Dada Kafe, Bodhi Tree Cafe, Taste From Heaven. Breakfast: The Larder Cafe and Bar, Birds Nest
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