Flew into Chiang Mai...beautiful, lush green rolling hills, small mountains - completely different than Bangkog! Hotel also completely different - in a good way. Aruntari hotel...low building, 3 stories, much more traditional feel...but the room has all, well most, of the amenities. The bed was hard as a rock...I asked about it at the desk and they said they could change my bed to a 'soft' bed. YaY! That night...tried the soft bed...it was kind of like soapstone....eg., softer, but for this gal with her aching hips...not ideal, but it's been okay. The only other thing to complain about...very minor, but for a wimp like me -they have an old fashioned actual key, connected to a big wooden block...so when you leave for the day, you give them your key...but the key has to be in
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