These places are (almost) as good as Chiang Mai, especially during its infamous "burning season".
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
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In the videos so far, I talked about the things I felt while living in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Chiang Mai is a great place for digital nomads to work remotely because of its low living costs. Also the weather is relatively cool and there are many coworking offices with good Internet access. It is convenient to rent a scooter, and there are convenience facilities such as condos, markets, and general hospitals within 10 minutes by motorbike. The level of the service industry is high, so there are many cafes with good coffee and many delicious restaurants. Chiang Mai is also well known as a golf destination. In Chiang Mai, there are many resort-type golf courses with hotels and golf courses.
Today, I will talk about cities other than Chiang Mai where I stayed while living as a digital nomad. Bali is an island in Indonesia that is three times the size of Jeju Island. The shape of the island also resembles a woman, similar to the island of Maui in Hawaii.
Tourists mainly look for resorts, hotels, and pool villas in the Denpasar area near the airport. Ubud is about an hour's drive inland. Because the price is cheap, there are many people who come to do yoga. These so-called yogis practice at yoga studios such as The Yoga Barn. Other than that, there are many people who come for workation or long-term stay. It was closed due to COVID-19, but there was also a cool coworking space called Hubud(Hub in Ubud).
Chiang Mai and Ubud have many similarities. Bali has so many Hindu temples that it is called the ‘island of the gods’. The Besaki Temple is also called the mother temple, but it is a place like a Hindu holy place where more than 30 temples are gathered. There are Hindu temples everywhere in Ubud, and it feels similar to the many Buddhist temples in Chiang Mai. And also, like Chiang Mai, there is a culture of sharing called ‘canang sari’.
There are similarities between the two people. Even now, the people of Chiang Mai have a perception that they are descendants of the Lanna kingdom, and Bali was also an independent kingdom in the past. And they have an exclusive character, such as using Balinese among themselves. And Bali has an artistic personality that it has its own painting style. It is said that European artists stayed in Bali from the days of Dutch colonial rule, and the ‘Ubud style’ was created by combining Balinese traditional paintings and Western paintings. There is also a place called ‘Art Market’ in Ubud. You can do shopping for souvenirs, but surprisingly, art paintings are also sold. There are many art museums and galleries dotted around the streets, the most famous being Neka Art Museum, Puri Lukisan Art Museum, and Agong Rai Gallery.
In Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam, I had a different impression. Perhaps because of the influence of socialism, which does not recognize religion, although it has a long history, it does not have a strong religious color.
Still, HCMC has always been a satisfying place. Thanks to the Mekong Delta created by the Mekong River flowing down from the Tibetan Plateau, they enjoyed abundance, but competition (between Khmer, Champa, and France) to occupy this place was also fierce. Although Hanoi became the capital after the Vietnam War, the economic center remains Ho Chi Minh City. Korean companies are actively advancing into the city, so there is a factory of Samsung, and recently, construction companies such as Lotte and GS are developing real estate projects such as eco smart city thủ thiêm and apartments in metrocity nhà bè.
I got the impression that Taiwan's Tainan has a similar historical background and religious atmosphere to Chiang Mai or Ubud. Taiwan has Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan along the coast, and before Taipei became the capital, the island's center was Tainan. Tainan is a place where the Dutch built Fort Zeelandia, but later, Zheng Chenggong(Koxinga) occupied it and established the 'Kingdom of Tungning'. There is also a Temple of Confucius, and there are many shrines and temples dedicated to the local god Mazu. Tainan also has a university named after Zheng Chenggong(National Cheng Kung University, 國立成功大學), which is a top-tier university in Taiwan. If you go to places like Anping old street, you can see historical traces from the Netherlands, Japan, and China here and there. In Taiwan, the cost of living is low and the GDP(PPP) is high, so food costs are cheaper than in Korea. It is also attractive that airfare is cheap because it is close to Korea, and there are many cheap and delicious street foods.
The cities I talked about today have their own pros and cons. Therefore, rather than finding the perfect city, finding the charm of each would be the way to enjoy cities.
나이먹은 은퇴자입니다. 책곤충님의 차분하고 알찬 정보 전달을 좋아합니다. 지속적으로 좋은 영상 더 기대합니다 😊
이분은 이과보단 문과적 소양이 풍부하게 느껴짐...정말 재미있고, 설득력 있는 영상이었습니다.
좋은 말씀 남겨주셔서 감사합니다. 새해 복 많이 받으시기를 기원하겠습니다^^
넓은통찰에 깊은 공감을 느끼게되네요
좋은 말씀 남겨주셔서 감사합니다. 새해 복 많이 받으세요^^
우붓 치앙마이 호치민 모두 가본 해외에서 살고싶은 사람으로서 좋은 내용 공유 감사합니다
책곤충의 님 오늘 알게되어서 콘텐츠를 보는데
잔잔하면서도 유익한 부분이 많아서 즐겁게 보고있습니다.
다만 한가지 보충을 하자면 역덕의 입장에서
타이난의 역사는 포르투갈의 기항지도 있었다는 점을 덧붙여서 설명했으면 더 좋았을거란 생각이 듭니다.
남부의 포르투갈 대 북부의 네덜란드의 교역거점 싸움이 정성공으로 정리가 되는거지요.
더 높은 퀄리티를 위해서 오지랖한번 부려봤습니다.
앞으로도 잘 부탁해요~~ ^^
반갑습니다. 앞으로도 많이 가르쳐주세요~
리탄과 그 부하 정지룡, 그 아들로 이어지는 역사는 저도 좋아하는 얘기입니다. 타이난 간 것도 네덜란드의 Fort Zeelandia, Fort Provintia 보러 갔습니다ㅎ 이 영상은 한달살기 영상이라서, 또 도시를 4개나 얘기하려는 욕심에 너무 길어져서 역사 얘기는 거의 안 했습니다. 다음에 타이난 가면 그 얘기 꼭 넣겠습니다^^ 의견 주셔서 감사합니다.
난 남부 뜨랑에 기계설치를 위해 한달 정도 있어봤는데 치앙마이와 좀 다른거 같아요.
지금 방콕 사시나 보죠?
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베트남은 사파가 나올줄 알았는데 호치민을 선택하셨네용..글고 느낌은 개인차이긴한데 대만은 유교보다는 전체적으로 도교적 느낌을 저는 좀 더 받았어욜ㅋ 암튼 비교영상이 꽤 재밌네요
호치민을 왜 사이공이라고 하시죠? 서울을 경성이라고 부르는거 같은데
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