miss_squiddy | Jan. 4th, 2017

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Jan. 4th, 2017

Day 7 - Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
OK. This might well be one of my favourite days. Chaiyan went completely off programme to take us to a place he thought was brilliant - and he was not wrong! In the morning when he told us he was taking us to see another temple, we all inwardly groaned a little - but this one was designed and built by a contemporary artist who studied in London. And it was bonkers. The White Temple essentially takes traditional Thai art and architecture, mashes it up with pop culture and then turns the whole thing up to 11!

( There are elephants in this one! )

Day 9 - Chiang Mai
Our last full day of holiday was spent in Chiang Mai. We were scheduled to go on a longtail boat ride but our day had a rather bizarre start: the boat jetty was right next to a small but very beautiful local temple and as it was the (deceased) king's birthday, it was a national holiday. The temple was very busy and had been decorated with ribbons and flowers and lots of people were lighting candles outside. When we came back, people were releasing fish into the river (you can buy a big bag full of fish and frogs and turtles) and letting birds out of cages (it's a Buddhist thing).

( Back to the mountains! )