Our 3 days in chiang Rai
3 days in Chiang Rai. On our way from Chiang Mai to Laos we decided to spend a few days in Chiang Rai as well. Mostly as it was on our way. Most of the travel blogs wrote more about Chiang Mai then about Chiang Rai. While Chiang Mai is a great place indeed, it is also big and attracts a lot of crowds. Not so many that you couldn’t enjoy it, but still more. In the end we ended up liking our stay in Chiang Rai and having a couple of bests: best guided tour, best budget accommodation yet and the best Pad Thai. It is a smaller town but there are still plenty of guesthouses, restaurants, laundries, guided tours of countryside, and things to see and do. Most of all, Chiang Rai feels quite genuine and welcoming. There is tourism but Chiang Rai is far from spoilt by it. On the first day when we arrived we received a lot of information about what to see and do in the town from the informative receptionist at Rinlada House where we stayed. Rinlada house was a lovely, appa...