Looking out of the window of the plane on our internal flight to Chiang Mai told us that this place was going to be a spot of light relief compared to the mental hustle and bustle of Bangkok - to quote one traveller we have met along the way, “Bangkok is quite literally the most dirty, stinking, dangerous, filthy, fantastic, amazing place in the word!!” - don’t we just know it!! Even on the drive to our hotel from the airport we felt more relaxed than we had all week, so when we got to our latest “digs” the EMPRESS HOTEL, the grin factor started to rise further yet again……We thought the last place was nice but this was a much higher class all together! The view from our 12th floor panoramic window was quite
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