We walk around the Santhitam area of Chiang Mai Thailand looking for ultra budget accommodation, hitting the ground running is the best way to find the cheapest rooms. www.buymeacoff... Instagram; joninchiangmai
Back when I was living in Chiang Mai, Santhitam was my FAVORITE area to explore. Great food options, my dentist (VP Dental) is located there, it was just perfect. I did a walkabout one morning after my dental appointment and came across Chiang Mai P-Place on 11/2 Santirak Rd., (Near Santitham Temple). Stumbled upon it and they were just the nicest people. Invited me without my even asking to relax on the front veranda and have a free coffee from the lobby, then showed me a few of the rooms. Very affordable and they were just so darned friendly! Highly recommend, for a night, a week or a month. Nice people.
Tells you something about an area when folks make it a habit to just leave their helmets in a row at the entry. It's the kind of thing I'd take as a good sign for a neighborhood.
Again a great video! I envy your Thai speaking, how did you manage learning besides living in Thailand for several years? I''m struggling every day but it's so difficult, my god.
We're looking for accommodation right now. But we have a cat so its been really difficult. Lots of places outside of town, HangDong etc, but finding something close to the centre is hard work. If you hear of anything, let us know!
Yeah it could be difficult if you want to be centrally located while still affordable. Have you looked at townhouses around the Mae Hia area? I haven't looked for a while but I was looking at older townhouses around here before that seemed reasonable.
Not too far to walk to places, maybe 10 to 15 minutes and you could be in Nimman from here, but yeah if you don't like walking you'd have to get a scooter :)
Thanks, this was useful. Are these apt style buildings never Condos or could you find some, where a foreigner can buy? I assume most of these buildings are owned by only one party.
Some of those cheaper places like that are Thai only. If you are a foreigner, they will just tell you they are full. They don't want to deal with the Immigration paperwork.
