White & Blue Temples in Chiang Rai

The White Temple, Wat Rong Khun, represents the human journey from hell to Nirvana. It's a "fusion of religious symbolism and contemporary art, made by the great visual artist Chalermchai Kositpipat." This temple has an incredible amount of detail embedded in each aspect. Blindingly white on the outside. On the inside, it was bright red and painted with contemporary icons representing greed. The white temple is an ongoing project, worked on by Chalermchai and some 300 apprentices.

A bike ride away from our Chaing Rai lodgings was Wat Rong Suea Ten, known as the Blue Temple. This temple was also overwhelming. Incredibly rich blues and strong images. In the heat of the day, it was hard to experience it as a temple, it was more like a visual art experience.

Here too, our boys joined football practice, after a morning of visiting a local waterfall.

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