Maya (pronounced “May-yah!”) is the ‘small’ mall in Chiang Mai.
It is really a showplace. It has 7 floors of shops, a cinema, restaurants, and live shows performing on a regular basis.
It’s a huge draw for young people who swarm the place nightly, mostly coming on motor scooters and motor bikes, single riders to 4 riders plus a dog that I’ve seen so far. During the water festival, the whole front of the place was protected by scaffolding. Traffic had to be diverted because no one could get around otherwise. After the three day celebration, the scaffolding came down and the regular huge crowd continued.
Brian took us there to try to open a bank account, running into stumbling blocks that we’re still trying to get past. We THINK we’re almost there now. We also looked for our Skechers Step-In shoes there. (We ended up going to the ‘big mall’ way down the road from here because Brian said there would be a better selection. (Harvey is very picky about his shoes.)
The Step-Ins have really saved my life. All private homes, plus MANY stores, doctors offices, etc., ask that you remove your shoes when you enter. So you’re standing on one foot, trying to remove your shoes without falling on your head. There is no place to sit down. Everyone quickly sheds shoes and enters while you still try to untie your shoes, or unbuckle your sandals. Then reverse the process when you come out. You get the picture. NOW I can just toe my shoes off and put them where they belong, then step into them, maybe with a hand on the wall, when we leave. Hooray!
We got my art supplies recently at Maya, as well. The Grab drove us all the way around to the back of the mall, enabling us to enter from the closest door to the store we wanted. We still walked a bunch, taking three escalators to get to the place.
This is amazing. I can’t believe that this is called, ‘small.’ It’s phenomenal.
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I am learning so much about Thailand with your pictures and descriptions! I am surprised to find out about removing your shoes in certain locations, especially in doctors offices and stores. Thank you again for sharing.
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It’s certainly a whole new world here. I am learning new things every day and am completely fascinated every time we go out. I am glad you are enjoying the posts about Thailand. I am so impressed with the kindness of people here.
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That is incredible! Yes, I can imagine taking shoes off and on without sitting down. It’s a good practice, like yoga. Ha! Great you found new comfortable slip on shoes!
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They have really been great. Now my biggest problem is remembering to do it!
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Wonderful you sharing Maya. Amazing Big Mall. .
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Remember, Raj, Maya is known as the “small mall”. Central Mall is twice as large…😳
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OMg. It’s large but call small mall.
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I could get lost in the small one…
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what get you lost in small one.
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My sense of direction is very bad. The small mall has several floors and hundreds of stores. It’s overwhelming. My husband says that I could let lost in the old style phone booth…
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Right! That mall is very Big.
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🤣
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