Watch part 1 here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6aOtdVudr3ImaQ.html Watch the whole series here - kzread.info/head/PLdc6l1RJwq0DxV_S9PrFC3dOnqkVAhj9I

Good to see that Chiang Rai still has that small town vibe.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Still a great little town :)

Thanks for bringing us along Wayne to Chang Rai and showing us your old stumping ground the old airport is pretty cool and the Mountain View is always a plus and it wouldn’t be Thailand without street food vendors lol which I like very much nice place overall

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 👌👌

CR looks good.. Bovy, even better! What a country! 😊

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Both Baobby Dazzlers mate.

I went to change rai 12 years ago and it honestly looks exactly as I remember it even the shopping centre, of course I don’t recall specific shops or anything but it’s just as a I remember.

@WalkAboutWayne

Ай бұрын

Yes, it’s still the same layout, just seems a few more people these days.

Thanks, Wayne. Always nice to go "home," even if it was just your last home and not exactly original home. Big difference between the mall there and the huge ones in CM. A former airport runway looks like a nice place to walk or run.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Randy, it's nice to be back in Chiang Rai.

Took a spin down the old runway on the start of a north Thailand cycling tour. They have a similar setup in Kailua Kona on the big island of Hawaii and it's right on the beach. As a retired pilot I love old decommissioned airfields and when the time comes, my ashes are going to be dumped on the numbers of a runway somewhere. Not soon I hope! edit: appreciate the location pins

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for the great comment, I enjoyed reading. I hope you can cycle many more great places before that time comes. Thanks again.

That looks like a cool place to run Wayne. I've been a few times in Chiang Rai and I never knew about this airport. Thanks!

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Hey man, yes the old airport is a great area of Chiang Rai , lots of people in the evenings. Hope all is well mate, wherever you are in the world 👍

First the vendor girl then came nurse looking forward for the third thumbnail man.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Probably back to boring old me buddy, but you never know 🤣

It's interesting to see the reaction from locals when you mention the "changes in 7 years ". May as well have said 70 years! Chiang Rai city itself doesn't really float my boat either, yes, the walking street market is ok. Shopping malls are also pretty much the same everywhere. Can definitely recommend a ride out to Chiang Saen Wayne.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Yes mate, the locals didn't really think much had changed. No Chiang Saen this time buddy, maybe another time. Cheers Lars 👌

Hi Wayne looks nice and chilled there ,looks more peaceful than changmai

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Hi Julie, yes Chiang Rai is a more relaxed place but it still has the small city feel. It's perfect really.

Great vlog Wayne. It's nice to go back to places and reminisce about the old times.. It's good for the soul!! Keep 'em coming mate.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Paul mate. Yes, it's great to be back and remembering old times. More on the way buddy.

great video Wayne Chiang rai and northern Thai in general is fab place to live

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers mate! Yes, I agree, great area to live.

Another good one Wayne, cheers

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy 👍

Great 😊 video!!

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers girls 👌

Pity you didn't come across the old girlfriend Wayne. I love that excitement of anticipation to the person's reaction. Anyhow the girl you did actually talk to was quite nice. It's always fun returning to old stomping grounds and reminiscing mate. Excellent video. In your intro above may need to amend local Chiang Mai Mall to local Chiang Rai Mall. Cheers man . 🤩

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

I did find out where she was working though, but I didn't;t bother going to see. Bovy was a great girl. Nice one for letting me know about the description mistake mate, I've changed it. I was saying Chiang Mai in the video also haha.

I was in the mall yesterday afternoon to pick up a few things but didn't see you. We now have two Big Cs and a few new DIY places like Home Pro and Global. So much has changed over the last seven years. It would take you weeks to catch up on all the new and amazing stuff we have now.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Shame I didn't see you around the city, I bumped into a few people. Yes, the city seems to have expanded a bit since 7 years a go. It's good to see Chiang Rai moving and expanding. Still my favorite place. Thanks mate.

You don't need to find old girlfriend, you found Bovy 555

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Bovy was really nice, great girl 👌

@morrist8727

2 ай бұрын

She was very attentive and friendly. It's difficult to find that in the west.

It’s all looking good mate - gee the mall is very modern - nice work 👌👍👋😎🙏

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Ant mate 👍

Great blog like always mate chiang rai is a great city.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers David! Yes, great to be back in Chiang Rai.

Nice place Wayne.Thank you..

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👌

I have stayed at pim man many times before covid. Can't wait to get back hopefully early next year. Good memories.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Nice one! Although Pimann is old, I still really like it, it's a nice base to stay. Thanks 👍

Thank you for showing us around Wayne. CR is very different to when I was there which was a long time ago. Nice one 😃👍🏼

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Kashif! It feels a little different for me also. 👍

@kashifakbar8751

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne I think the only thing that hasn't changed for me is the clock tower. Thank you 😃👍🏼

Everyway looks clean and tidy Wayne

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Nice and clean city mate 👌

I love a bit of Chiang Rai, and I sense you really like Bovy, 👍I went there this January wish I had longer time to stay there

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

It's a great city! Bovy was a nice girl 👌. Thanks Leila.

Well, I see you're new "Boby" dazzler!!!! I think you might stick around Chiang Rai a bit longer 😉 Really enjoying your road trip. Thanks

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

🤣 Thanks mate.

You're at the old airport and across from the golf course. You can still go through even though it's a one way 😅

@WalkAboutWayne

6 ай бұрын

Yep 👍

You waffle away Wayne (could be an alternative moniker to walk about Wayne there🤣), it's entertaining! I'm enjoying your look at Chiang Rai cos it's different from most other vlogs about the place, it does seem like a nice vibe away from the centre.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Tanya 🤣. Chiang Rai is a great place 👌👌

7 years later, quite reminiscent, keep buzzing, Wayne

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Buzzing to be back mate 👍

@MichaelChenCC

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne absolutely, I've just made it back to Malaysia from Brighton. To create my sec home here

Bovy Dazzler mate . Places change so quickly , you just got to find a new gem . No good being all nostalgic . Never new about that old runway area . First time I went CR i was on real budget .Found a 6' X 4' wooden shoe box for 150 or 200 . I paid but never did go through the hatch door , dumped my gear inside & found something liveable 😊

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

🤣 Bovy Dazzler! That's a good one. Cheers mate 👍

Hello Wayne, i liked the vlog mate Chiang Rai looks a bit special, i could live there no problem and that mal was good. hope you will do more vlogs on the city.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Brett, hope the vlogging is going well mate 👍

@brettm1251

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne Thanks Wayne, i am really enjoying the vlogging mate lots of fun doing it.

That road motor bikes can get through except cars.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Nice one buddy 👍

Nice Thanks Wayne! Maybe Chiang Rai is now what Chiang Mai use to be when it was quieter/less populated eh?

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Mike! Yes, Chiang Rai does remind me of a smaller chilled out Chiang Mai. Chiang Rai has everything you need in a compact city.

I like this city

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

It's a great city

@Steven91637

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne i agree and the people there a bit more laid back than in Chiang Mai or Pattaya or Bangkok

❤❤😊

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

🙏🙏♥️

Bovy seems a nice lady Wayne you could ask her out for a coffee ☕️ seems very nice enjoying your vlog Wayne

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

She was a great girl and loved being on camera.

Good video Chang Rai is a great place, you have to love Thailand No entry sign means no entry but if you really want to then ok you can 😃😁 If you were feeling a bit under the weather just seening nurse Bobby would make you feel a lot better 😎👍

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers mate! Chiang Rai is a great place. Someone mentioned the no entry was for cars only, so the bike was ok 👍 Bovy was a great girl 👌

Yes you can go through there, I always passed there😅😅😅😅

@WalkAboutWayne

9 ай бұрын

No cars I think. That sign never use to be there though. Cheers.

Wayne, what recent video showed a rental in Chiang Mai that was a separate one bedroom house, (not a hut), very small, part of a hotel, with a self serve breakfast?

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Hi Larry, I can't think of that video mate?? 1 bedroom house , part of a hotel with breakfast hmmmm. If I think of it, I'll let you know.

🥰🥰🥰

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

🙏🙏

The lass in the mall was cute Wayne. I was the only farang there one Sat night at the markets 10yrs ago. How's Lucille? Safe travels🙏

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Bovy is a hit with the viewers, she was a nice girl. Lucille in desperate need of a service but she's still ticking along mate 👍

G'day Wayne, Are there many new apartment buildings around that you’ve noticed compared to several years ago? You should check out Chiang Rai beach while you're up there. I’ve heard they have done some work there to make it a nicer place to spend time. I'm surprised you spent so much time with your arsh on a old airport runway without doing a cheeky ""Touching down from...."

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Hey mate, I was hoping to go back to the beach but it was hammering down with rain on the day I was going. I use to go there and it wasn't much, but a nice place to chill. I didn't know they had done it up though. Haha, yeah that would have been the perfect touchdown opportunity. Why didn't I think of it haha. Cheers man.

@Jefe_Perro

11 ай бұрын

@WalkAboutWayne You can do the touching down next time you visit the Rai mate. Would be a good way to start the video. 👍

You CAN go down there if you’re on a motorbike.

@WalkAboutWayne

10 ай бұрын

👌👌

Can you at some point go to tachileik, Burma? For maybe a day or something 🙏 if you did that’d be a nice wildcard

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Not much happening at the border . I doubt if I'll be going there anytime soon. Sorry.

Nice small town vibes but certainly looks busier than Phayao but not as busy as Chiang mai. What made you choose to live in Chiang Mai over Chiang Rai.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Yes, I would say Chiang Rai is in the middle of both Chiang Mai and Phayao. My plan was to always come back to Chiang Rai when I was older. Chiang Mai has a few more things going on and all my friends was in Chiang Mai. Chiang Rai has always been my favorite though.

Looks like a nice place, wonder what the cost of living is like there.. happy holidays Wayne 👍

@nativeseedbank-thailand

11 ай бұрын

Far more expensive than the rest of rural Thailand... that is for sure! Too many farang being the obvious problem!

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Still very cheap! Rural towns will always be cheaper but CR is still cheap. 👍

@nativeseedbank-thailand

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne Still too many farang though Wayne... not half as bad as CM, Bangkok, Pattaya or Phuket... but personally speaking, I didn't come to Thailand to live around tourists and other westerners! The North of Thailand is fine but the South has just about everything... including two never ending coastlines, rainforest and numerous mountain ranges/parks! I pay 78 quid pm for a 1-2 bedroom (very) detached house with free pumped water from an astonishing mountain river in the foothills of a National Wildlife park, around 1km walk from an 11km deserted beach! Now that's what I call 'cheap'... and paradise too of course!

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

@@nativeseedbank-thailand I dunno about that buddy. Chiang Rai is mainly older expats just floating around. Tourists come to look at the temple but none stick around too long in CR I don't think. Everyone to their own though, some people like north and some down south. Sounds like you have a great life down south, sounds amazing. The North has always been for me, but I've not really properly explored the south, so maybe I would like it . Thanks mate.

I'm having a trip down memory lane too! But I lived there back in 2005! A lot has changed since then I bet. I'd like to see how the bar area has changed - see if I notice anything that's still the same!...LOL.

@WalkAboutWayne

8 ай бұрын

Yes, things have changed but still the Chiang Rai I know. I have a night vlog on the channel, where I have a brief walk down the bar area.

That golf course is 9 hole, old military course. Cheap but nothing special. Santiburi or Waterford is where to go

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cheers for the info Steve 👍

I am Bobby the dazzler. The girls love little Bobby and his 3" long timer.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Double that at least boyo 👌

@robertburnett6348

11 ай бұрын

Meant 3 minutes.

6:44 Cute Talking Babe

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

She was really nice 👌🏻

If i go chiang rai end of march or april is it good the weather??

@WalkAboutWayne

5 ай бұрын

Smokey

From my inquiry so far, if I ever land in Thailand, it will be in Chiang Rai. I would just need to be close to good economical shopping, and local organic produce. I wonder if I have what it takes to sell most everything off to gain my wings. I wonder how much I could or should take with me? Gaining material goods has not made me happy, or fulfilled me, though they do burden me. My Vitamix blenders seem useful, and my bicycle, and I could have a box shipped easy enough, I'd imagine.

@possumtrapper1

11 ай бұрын

I'm thinking the same, organic local food, good weather, gym, ninja blender hahaha. Cheaper cost of living

@nativeseedbank-thailand

11 ай бұрын

If you ever come across anything which is not organic in rural Thailand I would be surprised... synthetic western 'growth' chemicals have never been required here... hopefully they never will be!

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

I would ditch everything, just bring the blender. Sell the bike, not worth the travel hassle, buy a nice bike here. Chiang Rai is a great option.

Get up to pu chi fa if Lucille can make it😂

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Lucille will make it anywhere mate, not sure about me though 🤣

I stopped the video at the small road sign to comment that it only forbids cars and you could have gone through on your scooter. Another example of why you should put more effort into learning Thai. It is never too late.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Haha, yes someone mentioned in the comments that the sign said, only bikes. Luckily I was ok then. I think reading Thai would be even harder for me 🤣. Thanks mate.

I thinkBobby lub you !

@WalkAboutWayne

10 ай бұрын

She was a great girl, very friendly.

Ok Wayne, so Chiang Rai would appeal to who….someone that prefers a smaller city than Chiang Mai ?

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

I would say yes, you hit the nail on the head. Chiang Rai is a smaller and less touristy version of Chiang Mai. Tourists come here to see the white temple etc etc, but I feel they don't stick around, like they do in Chiang Mai. If Chiang Mai is a bit to much for some people, Chiang Rai is the answer.

Haha yeah I imagine the thais don’t walk around in the middle of the day because as the song goes: Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun 😉

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

A few Scots and Irish too 👌

I think she wanted your phone number Wayne, not your youtube channel 😅

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

She might have got it 😉

@fearless6947

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne 😉

@Mikeasian

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne What happened to the search for the old gf? 555

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

@@Mikeasian Nothing happened, I didn't find her, as I put in the video 👍

An innocent question only. Why were you looking for an old girlfriend when you had a very beautiful nurse right next to you?...😂😂 Take it easy man, take it easy...❤

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Good point Alberto 🤣🤣

Phi Chi Fa

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Cool place 👍

Interested in golfcourse in Chiang Rai

@stevejepson9963

11 ай бұрын

Santiburi is the best in N Thailand. Waterford Valley is also good

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

👍👍

I hope that you gave Bovy your line address, me thinks she likes you 😂😂😂

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

👌👌👌

Chiang Rai is a very peaceful and pleasant city but the main drawback is the pollution during the dry season due the controlled fires used by the farmers .

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

That's not Chiang Rai specific though, most of the north is covered. In fact, most of the country was covered this year. It's a very peaceful city yes!. Thanks

@nativeseedbank-thailand

11 ай бұрын

Yeah... all that 'pollution'... generations have been doing it for thousands of years too... some enlightened western intellectual should now put a stop to it right?

Mad dogs and Englishmen

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

And a few Scots

Fluff my life how many times are you going down...or not any more....scratched record even by your standards.

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

Probably a few more , I love a good old scratch record, I was a DJ for 30 years 👍. Cheers for enjoying the vlog 👌

Land of masks - what a depressing dystopia has become

@WalkAboutWayne

11 ай бұрын

They love a good mask 👍

@MilkHess

11 ай бұрын

@@WalkAboutWayne There is nothing good about masks - completely rips the soul out of the place