Northern Thailand--Chiang Mai and Tribal Trekking

Trip Start Jun 17, 2007
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Trip End Aug 07, 2007


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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

My $6 bus ride to Chiang Mai was coordinated with a few new German friends staying at the same place. Not too much pain on this ride given the A/C and limited stops. A few hours after reaching the city, I ventured out to the popular and jam-packed night bazaar with a British girl I met in the guesthouse lounging area who already knew her way around the city. There were at least 300 stalls, selling all types of ridiculously cheap items...90% of the fun for me was negotiating with the Thai salesmen who would initially charge 5x the final price because of his product being "different than the others", "special quality", or "original"...after getting a few t-shirts, Pele soccer jersey, lamp, and "North Face" backpack for ~$30 combined--and enduring/dishing out a few insults along the way--I was quite proud of my accomplishments...
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