Quote: (09-15-2017 12:34 AM)Heart Break Kid Wrote:
Are there any cities worth checking out in Thailand outside of Bangkok, or are they all too small?
I'm looking to set up base for a month or two in somewhere affordable, but prefer not to live in a glorified suburb.
Chiang Mai in the North is very popular with both tourists and expats.
I've spent a few weeks there over two long vacations to Thailand and while the busy metropolis life of Bangkok is overall more to my liking, Chiang Mai is a very nice, laid back and decently sized (a few hundred thousand if I remember correctly, not including the droves of tourists and expats) city surrounded by beautiful mountain nature. Lots of arranged tours of all kinds - river rafting, tiger parks, elephants (I'm never going there again, what a sad experience), ATV, hiking etc. - if you want to do the touristy stuff.