Taking Thailand's Best Bus | $8 USD Bus Ticket | First Class | Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai

Morning. It's our last day in Chiang Mai and now we're headed to Chiang Rai. But first we have to check out and then catch a red taxi to get to our bus station. So our bus leaves at 1215. We're taking the green bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai and then it's like a three and a half hour drive. Not that big of a deal. So we finally get to see the countryside of Thailand. But before we leave, I just want to show you how weird this bathroom is. Like it's really small and when you take a shower, it splashes everywhere. Like the whole floor is wet all the time. But to combat this, they have a little mat outside. So you have to dry your feet every time you get out of the shower. How tall is this guy? Only 30. So we just realized that when Leah booked the ticket, she booked us first class. So, I mean, it's only $8 US. So whatever. But we get to go on a first class bus. So I'm super excited. It's my first bus outside of the United States and it's going to be amazing. I get down here and just like a lot of like squishing, like out of water. And I was like starting to get like really scared and like, just like I don't know if I should be here. Like I don't know if I'm going to be doing this. Everybody who came out of the stalls was like, their faces were just like, like, like disgusting. And so it's finally my turn and I walk in there and it's like a squatty potty. It's like a bucket of water. That must have been the smooshing. I was like, I don't know, I'm really deep in the water. In a squatty potty? Anything? Anything? Too caught up. And so I looked at it and it was like locked out. I was like, nevermind. There's an American girl behind me. She's trying to laugh. So, I don't know. I don't have to pee there. They turned in and then they was like, we get drinks. And just like that, we're at our hotel. I think she's one of the best planners. Oh, it's a big room. Like really big. We made it. We're in our hotel in Chiang Rai. And now we're about to go downstairs and ask our front desk lady if she can set us up with a tour to the Golden Triangle. So we're going to go just put our stuff down and we are going to explore Chiang Rai. We're going to go find some food, some place to get found. Check it out. Still searching. Haven't found it yet. A day passed. I'm starting to think we can't find it. I've had like half a bag of cookies today and some watermelon. That's about it. So hopefully we'll find it soon. OK, so option one, two, three did not exist. And option four was way too much. So now we're going to, I don't even know, option 18, I guess. So we came back, we regrouped, we waited for like an hour for all the markets to open up. We realized that like trying to find food at five o'clock was probably not a good idea because no one was eating. So you don't really know where to eat at or what's good. So now it's actually dinner time and we're going to go find some good food. Yee-haw! I think we have stumbled upon a market. So I'll leave you for two seconds. And what did you just buy? Sugarcane juice. I don't even know what that means. It's really pretty. And it was 15 baht, which is like, I can't, I don't even know. 50 cents. 50 cents. No, it doesn't. Yeah, you're right. Is it pure sugar? It tastes like pure sugar. But it is so good. What are we making? Sugar cubes? Sugar. This is so bad for me, but it's so good. It's like the most non-lemony lemonade you've ever had. And also the sweetest because it's just sugar water. We found brownies. For the first time, I've had sweets in like two weeks. So that was super cool, but now I'm super excited. Brownies! And I need like any more sweets. Like I've had today a sugar, but it was three for a dollar. I'm just like... Valentine's Day has been the most magical. We're literally walking in a heart. So apparently I booked us our trip to Chiang Rai during the flower festival, which really explains why it was so expensive. Like it wasn't that expensive, but it was more expensive than we thought it was going to be. It's noticeable. Yeah. And yeah, it's like a really big deal. Like everybody's here. There's so many street vendors. There's like so much dancing. There's like a whole like award show happening. I don't know. There's so much activity. And how did I know? How did I know? The longest market ever. We've been walking for like almost an hour and 10 minutes in one direction. And there's a whole other side that we have to come back on. We have made it to the end. But now we got to go that way. OK, I'm just... Sweets are my weakness. So... Addictive. Got some more doughnuts. That was just so nice to just sit there. And it's just been so relaxing today. It was meandering through the market one last time before we go back to the hotel room. Just zen. Zen. Perfect night.