if you're staying in Chiang Mai for more than several weeks and I'm not staying in a hotel or guest house you might want to consider a trip to Meechok Plaza. You can stop by at the friendly Bangkok Bank branch located there foreign currency exchange and yes English is spoken at that bank. Grocery shop at Rimping supermarket where you will find a wide selection of Western as Asian grocery items stop by the Wine Connection and stock up from a wide selection of Vino, Pop into Absolute Hair for the best, least expensive wash, cut and blow dry to be found in Chiang Mai. Make sure you stop at Kelly's for lunch while you're in the plaza. Their fish and...
Read moreNice place but business seems to be dying off there. They have one good toy vendor right across from the Lady Fruit smoothie place. Quality for once . Everything else is typical low end toys that you find anywhere else in Chiang Mai or Thailand for that matter.... Nice plaza. Best advice for the parents and kids looking to buy toys here from the Vendors square is to just buy online at Lazada or Shoppee sites. Also there is a Market on Warot Rd. Called Warot Market where these toy vendors buy all their merchandise. Once it gets to meechok plaza they hike it...
Read moreMeechok and Ruamchok.
Shopping area consisting of a Rimping and Tops supermarket, a large fresh market, other small shops and restaurants. One can get pretty much everything one needs. There is also a large Tesco on the opposite corner. 3 restaurants worth mentioning. The first is a small eatery in Tops, the second is a Vietnamese on the second floor close to Rimping, and the third is a Japanese also on the second floor close to McDonalds. The Japanese chef there makes...
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