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Chiang Dao Saloon
(mains 150-250B; 10am-9pm Sep-May) The former Mon & Kurt Restaurant has been refash-
ioned into a bar and restaurant serving Thai and Western food.
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Chiang Dao Nest
( 0 6017 1985; mains 300-500B; 6am-10pm) The Nest's restaurant serves sophisticated fusion-
European food in a relaxed garden setting. Wicha, the owner and chef, received her culin-
ary training in the UK and creates a menu that reflects the seasons. Double-baked cheese
soufflé with spinach cream and roasted-veg salad and baked passionfruit cheesecake are
just a few of the dinner options. The food ain't cheap but definitely comes with the wow
factor.
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Getting There & Around
Chiang Dao is 72km north of Chiang Mai along Rte 107. Buses to Chiang Dao (40B, 1½
hours, six daily) leave from Chiang Mai's Chang Pheuak terminal. The buses arrive and
depart from Chiang Dao's bus station; from there, hire a sŏrng·tăaou (100B) to your gues-
thouse. Most drivers charge 150B to deliver passengers to guesthouses on the cave road.
Buses also travel to Fang (60B) and Tha Ton (70B). Most accommodation hires mountain
bikes, and some organise scooters and cars. Or, you can hire a sŏrng·tăaou for about
1000B a day to drive you round the area.
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Doi Ang Khang
Welcome to Thailand's 'Little Switzerland', so called for its cool climate and mountain
scenery. A visit here is like entering a different world: you leave the tropical heat of the
plains, following the narrow switchback road up the mountain with its expansive views of
the towns and fields below, until you reach the cloud belt where villagers are bundled up
in winter jackets and speak languages imported from faraway places. The winter phe-
nomenon of frost (occurring usually in January) adds to Doi Ang Khang's exoticism.
Thais often make the pilgrimage here during the New Year's holiday period to shiver from
cold for amusement. Doi Ang Khang (1300m) also borders Myanmar and offers the illu-
sion of peeping over the border into that country's vast frontier.
 
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