Finally, I’m writing about the memories from my last big holiday in Thailand. The two famous cities in the north of Thailand are Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. And Chiang Rai has this very famous temple called Wat Rong Khun. Also, called white temple and glass temple, this place is literally a piece of art. Even the wash rooms can be deceiving from the outside and you won’t know what they are until you go near the building.

Two words (I mean whole sentences hehe) of caution – 1. The temple is situated at a little distance from the main city but other main attractions of this place are far far away from the main city. So better take a hotel near Doi Tung rather in the main city. The Golden Triangle is also nearer to Doi Tung and like 1.5-2 hours away from the main Chiang Rai. Be cautious, we already committed the mistake of booking our hotel in the main city . Oh! And if you’re lured by the night market of Chiang Rai, there is nothing much.

I’m not saying that it’s bad, but considering that it’s really difficult to get any conveyance from Doi Tung to main city in the night and the passport checks by Thai police in between, I’ll say it’s safer to spend the night in the city of Chiang Saen. If you want the night market, look forward to Chiang Mai’s night market. It’s huge and by huge I mean really really huge. That’s for one of the future posts.

2. Wear whole clothes especially down – pants or something. No shorts or skirts. It’s not that they don’t allow you to go but it’s better to click photos in your pretty jeans or long skirts than a white cloth covering your legs in my honest opinion.

Near the place, there are not many other sight seeing spots. As I said they are far far away. But the main bus stand is in the city. Well, we had only one and a half day for whole Chaing Rai and hence, we were disappointed when we had to leave some of the major attractions due to lack of time.

So ideally, the ideal plan, if you don’t have much time on your hands, should be, take a ticket to the Chiang Rai bus station, visit Wat Rong Khun and then again take a bus to Chiang Saen from the same station to get to your hotel (which, you would have, of course, booked there itself, I hope, after reading this post). From there, go to other places which will be coming in subsequent posts.

Enjoy!