In recent times Chiang Mai has been undergoing some quite drastic surgery to sculpt it into a modern day metropolis. Having myself only first arrived in the city under a year ago, how it is today is all I know. I am reliably informed however that parts of the city are unrecognisable to how they were 5 or 10 years ago. Chiang Mai is most definitely evolving at rapid pace. I’m sure I stand united with many others when I hope that such development does not have detrimental impact to a part of Thailand that so many of us arrive at and immediately fall in love with.