Phrao

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  Phrao is an absolutely stunning and scenic countryside village to visit. I've been living here for the past month doing volunteer work for Warm Heart Worldwide, which is located in Phrao. One of the best parts of living here is just being surrounded by such natural beauty all day. You can explore batcave temples, beautiful waterfalls, temples with mountaintop views of the valley, and dinosaur wats--all while embracing the scenic drives of the rice paddy-lined roads. The best part of being here is that you feel like you have these sights all to yourself as there are completely no tourists around these places.
  
  In the town of Phrao itself which consists of four or five main streets, there is a central market where you can buy food and small housewares, a well-run massage spa (1 hour Thai massage will cost you 129 baht), a very cute and inexpensive coffee shop called Coffee Green owned by two sweet sisters, a 24-hour Tesco and 7-eleven, and a handful of good restaurants (some of which even have English menus).
  
  There's not much nightlife outside of the town's one karaoke bar as pretty much shuts down after 8PM, but you're here for the beautiful scenery during the day anyway. There are a handful of bungalows and hotels such as 83 bungalows in Phrao which have air conditioned bungalows for about 600b a night, Phradit Hotel near the hospital, and Amdoi Resort which is a beautiful resort compound a few km away from Phrao. Rent a motorbike in Chiang Mai and make the hour and a half drive here. It's a straight shot down 1001 from Chiang Mai. It will be worth it.

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  By adventuregeek (dabbler)
  Written on 20th September, 2011 after a visit to Phrao in September, 2011

  
  

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