The most detailed guide for free travel in Chiang Mai is 20 18.

Chiang Mai is a city full of humanistic feelings and natural scenery. The city is fresh and clean, and people live comfortably and harmoniously. There is not much noise, only quiet waiting and expectation, looking forward to a better tomorrow. Let me share with you the ultra-detailed raiders of Chiang Mai's free travel.

There are direct flights from Wuhan to Chiang Mai, which can be booked in advance on Ctrip and Flying Pig. Generally speaking, the earlier you book a ticket, the cheaper the fare will be.

In addition, I bought a Thai phone card on a treasure in advance. I suggest buying a card one week in advance, otherwise even SF Express may not guarantee to arrive on time. I finally got my card by myself at Wuhan General Express Station.

Budget for going abroad 165438+ 0: 28 local time. The plane arrives at Chiang Mai Airport on time, and the order of leaving the airport is to fill in the entry card on the plane, get off the plane, apply for the visa on arrival, and get the luggage after going through customs.

Generally speaking, flight attendants will take the initiative to issue entry cards, but it is likely that they have not paid attention to them for various reasons. If they still don't fill out the entry card soon, they can ask the flight attendant, but it doesn't matter, because in the visa on arrival, you can also directly ask the lady who serves the visa for the exit card.

It is best to apply for a Thai visa in advance, and you can do it on a certain treasure, but you must consider the delivery time. If time is tight, you can only choose landing visa. The price of visa on arrival will change. The price will be a little more expensive during the tourist season. When I applied, it was 2200 baht, and some friends had 2000 baht. In a word, I should take more money just in case.

In addition, landing visa also needs printed copies of round-trip air tickets, passports and other things. You can know this well in advance when you go. Sometimes you will carry cash with you through customs. The requirement is 20 thousand baht in cash, US dollars and RMB, which is unlikely, but you'd better be mentally prepared.

There are Chinese and English samples on the visa format wall on arrival. If you don't know them, you can ask the service staff directly, soon.

chiang mai international airport

Install Thai phone card before boarding the plane, and you can use it directly when you get off the plane and turn it on. The person in charge of the Xing Jun project team will communicate with us the day before the start of the basic project, and every volunteer will receive the message from the person in charge of WeChat as soon as he opens his mobile phone.

Chiang Mai Airport is very small, so you can find the person in charge at the appointed place soon. After the small partner of the same flight arrived, he was sent to the hotel by the person in charge.

Hotel conditions can't compare with those in China. There are many mosquitoes in Thailand, and you can even see snakeskin on the road, but the hotel is relatively clean, with air-conditioned hot water, two separate bathrooms, and the wifi signal is not particularly good, but the calling card I bought has 4G traffic a week, which is completely enough as long as I don't watch videos.

Just after I got back to my room, my roommate arrived. My roommate was selected in the WeChat group before. We are all from Wuhan, and we are all alone, so we will bring a companion by the way. They are all restless people. After staying in the hotel for a while, they remembered that it was Sunday, so they went out by car and went to Sunday night market.

Sunday night market is very famous in Chiang Mai, only on Sunday nights. It sells handicrafts made by nearby residents themselves. It can be said that it is very good and cheap, and there is no need to bargain here. It is recommended to go again around 6 pm, because the stall will basically be out after 7 pm.

These bowls are made of coconut shells.

Hand-carved soap flowers, the price of Chiang Mai Sunday night market is very cheap, and it is more expensive to buy them elsewhere if you miss Sunday night market.

In addition, the food stalls in the night market are also worth a try. You must try durian ice cream and famous Thai tea when you come to Thailand. My daily life in Thailand is a cup of Thai tea and a Thai ice cream every day.

The night market on Sunday can't be visited for three hours, and it's already a dog to go back to the hotel with my roommate.

Chiang Mai Impression started volunteer training at the appointed time on Monday morning.

I saw many people on the Internet before who were actually full of doubts about the short-term volunteer program. Many people think that short-term volunteer projects are actually tourism. In fact, I felt the same way at first. Even the choice of junhang is really aimed at freedom and safety, but it is not as easy as we thought. In recent years, due to the influx of China people into Thailand, many people say that Thai people can basically speak English and Chinese, and there is no need to teach them.

However, regional development differences are common. People in China only see the booming tourism and service industries in Bangkok or Phuket. However, apart from tourist attractions, there is no denying that Thailand is still a backward country, its teachers can't compare with China, and English is not as popular as it seems.

During the week in Chiang Mai, we didn't stay in a hotel in the bustling tourist area, and the surrounding area can even be described as a village. There are many people in Europe and America, and the service personnel in shops and supermarkets can communicate in simple English. But when we enter the primary school and see the children there, we can really feel that their English foundation is not as good as that in China, and even simple English words are a problem.

Our training is mainly undertaken by local volunteer organizations, guiding us to prepare lessons according to textbooks and class arrangements, and learning how to interact with children.

Training in the morning is really tiring. Even if it is only a few days of teaching, local volunteer organizations will ask us to go all out, and the daily teaching tasks are clearly arranged.

We are here to organize an English summer camp for local schools. During the days when the school is closed, these children will be exposed to English through immersion learning, and they can at least learn simple English conversations. Every week, new volunteers come to communicate and pass it on like a baton.

Training in the morning is really tiring. Even if it is only a few days of teaching, local volunteer organizations will ask us to go all out, and the daily teaching tasks are clearly arranged.

We are here to organize an English summer camp for local schools. During the days when the school is closed, these children will be exposed to English through immersion learning, and they can at least learn simple English conversations.

Every week, new volunteers come to communicate and pass it on like a baton.

Tong, the cutest 1 1 year-old, has his own paintings. There is no doubt that children in Chiang Mai have a great talent for handcraft since childhood.

In the last link, our group won the designer, so "Big Brother" was exposed. Together, we designed matching decorations for Big Brother. The children's imagination is beyond imagination, and they feel very happy together.

Children still need to introduce themselves when they perform on the stage. There is a little sister who can't remember. In order not to worry us, she wrote her English pronunciation in Thai on her hand. It was not until she finished her performance that we found that such a small child also had a sense of team work.

Xing Jun has arranged two special experiences for us, one is cooking study in northern Thailand, and the other is the night zoo.

The cooking study in rural Chiang Mai and the unique rural scenery make us linger. As a holy place for the elderly in the world, Chiang Mai definitely deserves its reputation.

Under the guidance of the cooking teacher, we cooked three delicious Thai dishes with exotic dishes unique in the garden, including Dongyin Gong Tang, Thai fried powder and green curry. Eating your own food is really unique.

The highlight of the night zoo is that most animals sleep during the day and move at night, so visitors can take a sightseeing bus to observe animals at close range at night. Carnivores will be separated from tourists in sightseeing bus by the power grid, while some docile herbivores are free and easy to get close to tourists.

It is recommended to buy food before taking the bus. There is a special place to sell it in the zoo. In this case, you will meet lovely people who are greedy and not afraid of people like giraffes.

They will take the initiative to touch and order.

Sightseeing bus is divided into carnivorous areas and herbivorous areas. Pay attention to the difference between Thai tourists and British tourists when riding, which is about 30 minutes.

In addition, there are entertainment activities such as tiger performances and dance performances. When you enter the zoo gate, you can take a guide map, which not only has a map but also the start time of each project is very clear. The whole park takes about 4 hours, and it is best to go in at 6 o'clock. Pay attention to time and order. Of course, if you come during the day, there is no tour bus, but you can visit the pedestrian area.

After the Xing Jun project, I stayed in Chiang Mai for an extra day. I heard that I came to Chiang Mai after playing the jungle leap, so I booked the most exciting sky leap in the jungle leap with my roommate online and challenged it with my sister in Chinese opera and Chaochao.

At the appointed time, the bus picked up four of us at the hotel. It took an hour and a half to reach the destination deep in the mountains. 42 platforms flew over the sky and landed freely twice. It feels like flying in the sky all afternoon, enjoying the comfort of crossing the primitive jungle.

The coach is responsible and patient. It is recommended to tip 200 baht after the activity. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to give it. Chiang Mai is simple and honest, even if you don't give it to the coach, you won't want it.

The jungle leap must be carried out in groups for the simple reason that we can take pictures of each other and take care of each other. The longer the ropeway, the more fun it is, the longest is 900 meters, which has a feeling of paradise.

In addition, Chiang Mai University is also a must-see place in Chiang Mai, especially for young artists. During my stay in Chiang Mai, I have been there twice, once during the day and once at night, and I have fully appreciated the artistic atmosphere of Chiang Mai University.

Chiang Mai University is very enjoyable because there are not many people during the day.

I think many universities in China have set up dog traps, but the dogs in Chiang Mai University are quite leisurely. People and dogs live in harmony here, and dogs bask in the sun by the lake, which seems to be a harmonious group.

I went to Chiang Mai University in the evening, because the place where Xing Jun organized everyone to eat hot pot for thousands of people was next to Chiang Mai University. The hot pot in Chiang Mai is very different from that in China, but it's delicious.

You can see the night view of Chiang Mai University at night. Chiang Mai University has no school bus at night, so you can walk all the way.

The suggested travel time is 165438+ 10-February of the following year.

165438+1October-February of the following year:165438+1October loi krathong and February Flower Festival, where tourists and locals gather together for a carnival. Now it's the middle of winter in China, and Chiang Mai at around 20℃ is mild and pleasant. Many people use New Year's Day and Spring Festival holidays to avoid the cold.

Accordingly, you need to book air tickets and hotels at least half a month in advance, and the price will be about twice as high as usual.

March-May: Songkran Festival in April 13- 15 is the biggest festival in Chiang Mai, and air tickets and hotels are very tight these days. Although it is a hot season with the highest temperature of 40℃, there are still many tourists due to the Qingming Festival and the May Day holiday in China.

June-65438+1October: Although it is rainy season, the rainfall is really not small, but it usually rains only once a day, and it ends soon, which basically does not affect the trip. Just bring rain gear. Hotels often have discounts during this period.