Flight to Chiang Mia, Thailand

We flew from Ho Chi Minh to Bangkok Thailand, then on to Chiang Mai. They’re all in the same time zone. The news last night reported that all of the public schools in Bangkok were closed yesterday because of smog. Hopefully the air quality improves before we go there for a week. The airport is extremely busy, so our take off time was delayed again. Jack told us that the lunar new year (24th) is a very busy travel time. Vietnamese & Cambodians travel home for a week long celebration. He said often 40 people wait at arrivals for just one traveller. We saw that last night. There were long lines everywhere this morning at the airport. When we finally arrived at the Chiangmai airport Kim finally got an email that our driver had the wrong flight info. We flagged a local who called since the Home Stay owners don’t use What’s App. After a lengthy wait, we were on our way to our Home Stay... May not have WiFi for a few days... not sure! Update - we do have WiFi. We knew this place would be rustic @ $15 Cdn a night. We had a great Thai dinner at our place tonight for about 50 Thai Baht or about $2.15 Cdn a plate, bottled water included. Tomorrow we may splurge on a couple of local beers for 35 Baht or $1.50 Cdn. We love listening to the crickets, & the farm animals at night here. Outside pics of this place tomorrow in daylight.Read more