Yeah I was gone for a bit too. Not 3 weeks though. Started in Bangkok, was there a few days. Then went to Chiang Mai for a few days. Went to Pattaya for a few days then came back to Bangkok for a couple days. Chiang Mai is real laid back. Make sure you rent a scooter/motorcycle there. They are only like $8/day. You can chill more there. Its not crazy like Bangkok is 24/7. We bouth a trekking package and went up in the mountains to go ziplining and rode the painting elephants. Theres a tiger petting zoo up there too if you trust that. They have a big bazaar there where you will probably buy most of the shyt you would want to get as gifts. Pattaya was cool. Beachtown so obviously chill. My trip started to fizzle out a bit there for personal reasons but Im sure I couldve enjoyed it more than I did. It was cool though. Bangkok is Bangkok. Super metro. The malls there are
Especially Siam Paragon. I tried to defraud myself but my card wouldnt work there.