Muantae.com, articles about Chiang Mai, Thailand
As a second largest city in
Thailand,
Chiang Mai offers very unique attractions. Visitors to Chiang Mai will find fascinating people and their lifestyles, culture, arts, exotic food, and nightlife. The city is also well-known as a shopping paradise.
Muantae (
), a northern Thai word which means
real fun, has been created as an e-zine style travel guide, dedicated to providing the fun-loving travelers, expatriates, and those just browsing through, with useful information about Chiang Mai and other Northern provinces of Thailand. Our readers will be entertained with a variety of interesting articles.
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Mae Klang Luang Coffee Village |
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Written by Ingrid Tharasook
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True coffee lovers will travel to the ends of the earth to get that perfect roast. And that is exactly what our team of intrepid reporters did on a humid midsummer afternoon, scanning the Doi Inthanon mountain ranges from top to bottom: Reach the pinnacle of Thailand’s tallest mountain, at over 2,500 meters above sea level, and you will find your generic Doi Inthanon tourist beverage served from a big, blue (overly-commercialized) booth. But stop almost halfway up the climb – 1,080 kilometers high – at the Mae Klang Luang village and you’ll find the real deal, the genuine fruit of Doi Inthanon soil.
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Written by Lin Nina
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The exquisite needle works by the Hmong hilltribe people in Northern Thailand owe their inspiration to their surrounding nature and the cubical shapes of things in their daily life which are reflected on their elaborate ethnic tribe costumes. Ratana Yingyotmongkonsan, 22, a Hmong fabric designer from Chiang Mai's Doi Pui, has developed the old Hmong fabrics into original and classic bags which are much sought after by Thai and foreign enthusiasts of hill tribe fabrics. You will observe an explosion of Hmong bags on sale either at the Sunday's Walking Street or other shopping spots around Chiang Mai, but Ratana’s regular buyers mentioned to me that none of the bags is similar in qualities and designs.
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Baan Jang Nak, Elephant Wood Carving Museum |
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Written by Panida Suvapiromchote
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Though situated less than 20 kilometres from the Chiang Mai city, the Ban Buak Kang village and its museum are perfectly surrounded by traditional northern Thai farm lifestyles. Along a narrow road leading to the Baan Jang Nak museum, visitors are still able to observe the farmer lifestyle while their cattle are grazing near the road passing through the village. An entrance has been creatively shaped into a concrete elephant form while gigantic elephants and sculptures are exhibited in front of the museum built in theThai Lanna style.
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Ni-Hao, Can you speak Thai ? |
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Written by Panida Suvapiromchote
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A Thai Airways International flight from Kunming to Chiang Mai packed with a large group of Chinese students has become a familiar scene to Thai frequent fliers boarding the same flight. They know these Chinese boys and girls are coming to study Thai in Chiang Mai. The Chinese youths are preparing themselves for future careers in trade and tourism, developing potential links among other ASEAN countries from Thailand and China.
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Phin Pia, A romantic plucked instrument |
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Written by Lin Nina
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While a large majority of the Thai youth nowadays seems to be preoccupied with contemporary cults such as Hip Hop, Rock or Pop culture, Withaya Ponwithun, 22, remains fascinated with a classic Northern Thai folk musical instrument called "Phin Pia". Withaya, presently one of Thailand's leading young blood Phin Pia players, remarked that this folk instrument, which almost disappeared several years ago, is truly a romantic plucked string instrument. The Phin Pia, which gives out a soft musical tone, is best played in a quiet place so that its player can create a cozy atmosphere and privately serenade his lover. Occasionally returning to his Lampang home, Withaya is fond of playing the Phin Pia late in the night, as he wanders through the nearby fields under the moonshine and the stars. Without any other interfering noise, Wittaya is able to find his true serenity.
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