Wat Pha Lat วัดผาลาด

There are SO many gorgeous and historic temples in Chiang Mai, and we went to basically none. Traveling with kids means you don't necessarily do stuff like that.

But, if the temple is in a beautiful place, and it's close to soccer practice later that day, we can push for a visit.

The four of us hiked to a jungle temple tucked into the mountain. As we entered the area, a mediation platform invited you to quietly sit with a loving-kindness meditation. Beyond this was an exquisite waterfall, lovely buildings, and monks quarters.

We decided to keep walking up the mountain, which ended up being steeper than we bargained for, and far less beautiful than the first part.

Sadly, we had to rush from the top to a taxi, in order to try to get the kids to soccer on time. Chiang Mai's terrible traffic stymied our efforts and filled our lungs with gross air pollution. Luckily, we had learned by then to travel with facemasks to filter the air.Læs mere