After titling this entry, I searched Travelblog and found at least 500 matching entries, many of which appear to be about treks from Chiang Mai. Great minds think alike I guess. But first, the craft market. San Kampaeng. About 15km outside of the city. When we asked the innkeeper where we to catch a tuk tuk out there, he told us not to worry, he would have his "driver" take us, but until 1:30 (this was at about 12). Sounded a bit suspicious but I thought I remembered someone commenting on hostelworld.com about the friendly driver so we decided to wait. 1:30 rolls around, we hop in little Toyota and we're off. Pass a sign that says San Kampaeng 15km. So far so good. Not 30 seconds later though, the driver flicks on the turn signal
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