Sukhothai ➡️ Chiang Mai

Another travel day today. The rain last night has cooled the temperatures down a bit which is very welcome.
Made a rookie error, didn't have time before my bus this morning to have breakfast or buy snacks, assuming we'd stop somewhere. Nope, we drove for 6 hours straight only stopping to let people on and off the bus. Safe to say by the time we got to Chiang Mai I was STARVING, dropped my stuff off at the hostel and went in immediate search of food. Seems to be lots of vegan and veggie places around which is cool. Had some vegan Vietnamese /Thai food for late lunch and satisfied my greasy food craving with a vegan chicken burger and chips for dinner.
Was too tired to explore, but from the small areas I've walked around, seems really nice with a lot to do! I would love to visit an elephant sanctuary but need to do some research of the ethics of it all. Would like to go somewhere I can admire them from a far, not sure how moral these places are where you can feed, pet and bathe with them. So we shall see.
Thinking of doing a hike tomorrow, a lot of people are warning about the air quality here as it's burning season in the north (where farmers burn old crops to cultivate the soil). But I haven't noticed it being any worse than Bangkok.Läs mer