Chiang Rai is a sleepy town full of arty crafts and bright, buzzing night markets that sells anything from Thai cuisine, 'same, same' t-shirts to paper latins to Hello Kitty copy key rings... All worth buying, but nothing worth keeping :) So, no surprise chaps, that this sleepy town isn't really perky in the evenings. Spent the second night drinking a rather dodgy green cocktail at this bar on the main touristy strip (an expereince not worth reminising). However, with a stroke of luck we met this English dude who introduced us to the Peace (reggae) Bar; a slightly psychedelic, trancy place with cool graffiti everywhere in honour of Bob Marley and One Love. A positive vibe just ozzed from this place that we spent every possible evening there getting to know the bar tender (too
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