I wonder could i skip writing about Chiang Rai. I did not really do much here but visit temples after temples after temples.
White temple, blue temple, black temple, big Buddha statue temple. I did an average of three things a day which took maybe 4 hours and called it a day going back to the hostel for rest. Fatigue was really getting to me after running a fast pace from the Mae Hong Son Loop to Doi Angkang and up to Doi Mae Salong loop.
Chiang Rai was one place where I felt it was the time to slow down a bit before hitting the next leg in Laos. I wonder how some of the tour buses just shuttle all the tourist from one temple to another making the day trip seamed like a photo-shoot or joystick planting obligation instead of immersing into the thousands of hours that the craftsman put into slowly fine tuning every details that were in the temples.
Night time was another chaos in Chiang Rai. I was lucky enough to be there during the weekend to catch the famous local night market every Saturday which ran a few kilometers long. They sold everything and anything they could think off and the walk was definitely more interesting than the permanent tourist night bazaar which was full of souvenir trinkets.
Traveled on: Jan 2019
White temple, blue temple, black temple, big Buddha statue temple. I did an average of three things a day which took maybe 4 hours and called it a day going back to the hostel for rest. Fatigue was really getting to me after running a fast pace from the Mae Hong Son Loop to Doi Angkang and up to Doi Mae Salong loop.
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| Wat Rong Khun - White Temple - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Rong Khun - White Temple - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Rong Khun - White Temple - Chiang Rai |
Chiang Rai was one place where I felt it was the time to slow down a bit before hitting the next leg in Laos. I wonder how some of the tour buses just shuttle all the tourist from one temple to another making the day trip seamed like a photo-shoot or joystick planting obligation instead of immersing into the thousands of hours that the craftsman put into slowly fine tuning every details that were in the temples.
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| Wat Huey Pla Kang - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Huey Pla Kang - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Huey Pla Kang - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Rong Suea Ten - Blue Temple - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Rong Suea Ten - Blue Temple - Chiang Rai |
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| Wat Rong Suea Ten - Blue Temple - Chiang Rai |
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| Black House - Chiang Rai |
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| Black House - Chiang Rai |
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| Chiang Rai Night Bazaar |
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| Souvenir at Chiang Rai Night Bazaar |
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| Mural at Chiang Rai Bus Station |
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