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 12 December, 2009
Saturday Flight of the Gibbon Waterfall Trek
The second part of the Flight of the Gibbon experience was the opportunity to climb up to a waterfall. In comparison to zooming through the forest air by zipline, its pretty tame, but the effort required at least built our appetites up for the forthcoming lunch.

Gibbon-Waterfall

We were transported the short distance to the bottom of the waterfall and then were given some initial directions by some waiting staff. Our group was pretty much left to our own devices, although the route was straightforward.

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Saturday Flight of the Gibbon Rainforest Zipline Adventure in Chiangmai
Voted Best Attraction in Thailand, the Flight of the Gibbon Rainforest Adventure billboards got our attention as we began planning our activities, soon after we arrived in Chiangmai.

Gibbon-Mark-Linh-Drop

We initially decided not to do it, since it didn't seem like an activity inherent to Thai culture and wasn't cheap either at 1700 THB (£33) each (normal full price was over 2000 THB). But then we changed our minds, since we didn't think we'd get many opportunities to do something like this often.

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Friday Chang Klan Road Night Shopping in Chiangmai
On our first night in Chiangmai, we were able to walk a short distance from our hotel Portico 21, to the daily night market area located along Chang Klan Road. It was convenient to have such a variety of shopping and eating close by.

Night-Bazaar-Access

Chang Klan Road itself is lined with stalls on each side that stretch as far as commercially viable. That is, within short proximity to either one of the market areas that take up parts of the street. On one end, there is the Chiangmai Night Bazaar (which has several floors) and across the road, the Kalare Night Bazaar, both of which are indoor and therefore covered.

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Friday Recommended Portico 21 Hotel in Chiangmai
In Chiangmai, we stayed at the Portico 21 hotel. I don't post about every hotel we stay in, only the exceptional ones that we'd be happy to revisit and Portico 21 is one.

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We usually book our hotels based on a combination of price and reasonable level of amenities and location, so that we find something affordable, but don't scrimp so much as to leave us with a bad experience. We certainly don't need five star luxury. But with a touch of design, Portico 21 feels like a sophisticated but inexpensive place to reside whilst being close to a few attractions.

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Friday Chiangmai Streets
I was looking forward to visiting Chiangmai since it sounded more relaxed and leafy compared to busy, urban Bangkok. Linh and I had just come from a varied ten days visiting Bangkok and then Siem Reap in Cambodia before flying there.

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Chiangmai is meant to be the start point for many a trek or excursion out to the hill tribes, mountains, or animal based attractions and for this reason, it seems to be criticised for being too touristy.

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