Dinner and Pack
2023年10月8日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Dinner at the Hotel tonight after a big day with elephants. Packing was also necessary as we start early in the morning and drive to Chiang Rai.
Goodbye Chiang Mai
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
Leaving today and going to Chiang Rai to visit more temples and The Golden Triangle. The drive is about 4 hours. It is a little wet this morning so just as well we are moving to the next town.
White Temple
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
After 2.5 hour drive north, we arrived at our first attraction for the day. On arrival it is an incredible sight. The White Temple is so ornate it was actually hard to take it all in it is soもっと詳しく
Happy Place
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Who takes photos of a public bathroom?
White Temple
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
This type of sculpture is everywhere. See if you recognise any characters.
旅行者Seems strange to have movie character scupltures at such an ancient ornate attraction.
Cycle of Rebirth
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
The bridge of “the cycle of rebirth”
The ubosot, the main building of the white temple, is reached by crossing a bridge over a small lake. In front of the bridge is a circular area with hundredsもっと詳しく
Gate of Heaven
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
The bridge towards the assembly hall, called the bridge of “the cycle of rebirth” signifies the crossing over from the cycle of death and rebirth into a state free of suffering. It symbolizes theもっと詳しく
The Ordination Hall
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
The most important building of the temple, the ubosot or ordination hall is an all white building with fragments of reflective glass in the plaster. The very ornate ubosot shows some design elementsもっと詳しく
White Temple
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Wishing Tree
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Placing our ornament on The Wishing Tree.
In the Grounds
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Incredible artwork, some pretty and some ugly but all intriguing.
Why Not!
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
The Cave
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Why not, because you can.
Boat to a Village
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
After lunch we then traveled for 40 minutes up the river by boat to a village.
Le Patta
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Our home for the next 2 nights
Coffee and Cake
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
We found a very nice cafe for afternoon tea.
Walk and Dinner
2023年10月9日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Walked to the smallest markets, it was wet, maybe that is why, no street food either. Decided the Cafe we went to for afternoon tea was also our dinner choice.
Blue Temple and Golden Triangle
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Up early for breakfast and load of washing before heading out today visiting The Blue Temple and The Golden Triangle.
Tea Plantation
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
A tea plantation and tea tasting was our first stop.
Thawee Wanaspitaksakul, planted his first plantation at Doi Payapai Mae Fah Luang in 1977, envisioning a tea that would impress customers fromもっと詳しく
Golden Triangle
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Our first stop is The Golden Triangle lookout where we view where the countries of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos converge:
“Triangle” for being the meeting point of three countries.
“Gold”もっと詳しく
Wat Phrathat
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
We then visited Wat Phrathat which is a small temple and one of the oldest in this Chiang Rai Province. The carvings on the teak doors tell the story of Budha. From the temple you can see the borderもっと詳しく
Budha of Chiang Saen
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
To access this area you can walk up the many steps or drive, we drove. Serpents guard the entrance of the walkway to this Budha and angel idols are around once you have reached the top.
Sop Ruak
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Sop Ruak the crossroads of three countries, the centre of Thailand’s Golden Triangle. Sop Ruak, a small Thai town located right at the point where the Ruak River merges into the Mekong, forming theもっと詳しく
House of Opium
2023年10月10日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
The House of Opium is a small private museum established by Mrs. Phatcharee Srimathayakun who was born in Chiang Saen District. After graduating from the Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn Universityもっと詳しく
旅行者Always yummy looking food