The Magnificent White Temple and More

This is gonna be a long post with loads of pictures. I sacrificed my lunch just to get this done! If you dont have much time, come back another time :)

Wat Rong Khun or better known as the White Temple is a living work or Art! Located half an hour from Chiang Rai city, this beauty was built in 1997 and till today, it is still under construction. White is to symbolise Buddha's purity.

Basically everything is white. Even the fishes are pure white. I've not seen pure white fishes!

A Hibiscus

JT very impressed :)

Actually there's meaning to every single detail of this temple, in order to reach Heaven, you'll have to go through Hell.

But before you enter Heaven, you'll have to say Hi to this big guy first.

They say the White temple is also known as Heaven on Earth.

The mural in the temple is very interesting. Unfortunately, we werent allowed to snap any photos. Anyway, it has a combination of traditional Buddhist motifs with modern theme such as images of the Matrix, Space Ships, handphones, sept 11 Twin towers etc.

This is Chaloemchai Khositphipat, the man who designed and built the White temple (Not the real person of course!). He creatively brought traditional Buddhist art into the contemporary world.

Our day trip also includes a visit to the Hill Tribe village & the Golden Triangle.

JT with a very pretty looking long necked girl.

This girl so cute!

This is where they live.

The Golden Triangle. The border of Myanmar, Thailand & Laos.

The long boat we took to tour around the Triangle.

Enjoying the cruise along the Mekong River.

Stepped into Laos.

And found this very interesting stuff. Fancy any snake or scorpion Whisky anyone??

I'd rather be safe and go for beers instead! :)

The Northern Most of Thailand, Mae Sai.

Now back to Chiang Mai, this is our mode of transportation. We depend on Maps to get around. Hehehe

We saw and went to more places on our rented bike.

at the park with so many fearless pigeons

Soaking feet in warm water before my 2 hour body scrub and massage! 500 baht only. I need one now!!

After massage, we were given half a mango each and of course water for Free.

We never miss out on street food whenever in Thailand.

Us going round looking for interesting food & places. I was forced by JT to wear that awful looking helmet! yucks

Shopping at Nimmanhaeminda Road.

One of the morning having breakfast at our hotel.

One of the best pork ribs JT has ever had @ Sizzler Restaurant.

This is the entrance to the Sunday Night Market. It is so freaking big its like Chatuchak in BKK. It operates only on Sunday nights. You should not miss this one.

Simply because there are so much to see and buy!

ok this is taking too much of my time.. i need to catch up on my tv series before i get my hair a new colour at the salon later. Hope you enjoyed my final post on Chiang Mai/Rai :)

Will be back with updates on new hair.