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Our trip to Chiang Rai took more than 3 hours driving, but we stopped on the
route a couple of places. We checked in at hour
hotel late at night.
Grand
Vista hotel in Chiang Rai. It was too cold to use. |
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Lai and Martin outside our bus that took us to
Wat Rong Khun,
also known as the white temple. Martin and Poul,
one of the participants on the trip. |
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Visit to the butterfly garden.
Hard to see early in the morning. |
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Nice living habitat.
With netting all over the place. |
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They had some lovely orchid. Fine
of THB 2000 or US $ 15 to pick one. Even though
the butterfly wasn't up, we could look at them on the boards. |
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Lovely orchids.
Row of orchids produced for the Bangkok market. |
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Some lovely lilies underneath a
waterfall. Doors into the butterfly area made of
plastic for the people to come through, but not the butterflies. |
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Waterflower just under the
waterfall. |
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On the road, we stopped at some
hotsprings. And they were hot. Here eggs are
cooked in the springs. |
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Information of the
benefits of the hot springs. They are
impressive. |
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Rice fields.
Outside the White Temple. |
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Wat Rong Khun perhaps better known to foreigners as the White Temple is a contemporary, unconventional, privately-owned art exhibit in the style
of a in
who designed, constructed, and opened it to visitors in 1997. |
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The White Temple in
distance. Golden ornaments. |
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It is nice.
Mirror details. |
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Lai outside the main
temple. Lai and the temple. |
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Fancy tree.
The golden tree in the distance. |
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The moat around the
temple. The symbol for outstretched hands are
central in the Buddhist philosophy. |
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Some fancy yellow fish
in the moat. More ornament details. |
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Another fish.
The temple in the background. The moat in the foreground. |
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Nice ornament.
Monks ar omnipresent on a place like this. |
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Monks and visitors. |
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Lovely details.
Outstretched hands. |
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Reaching for the skies.
Lai up the main pathway to the temple. |
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Martin taking a break.
Detail. |
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Martin still on a
break. Reaching for the heavens. |
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The pathway to the
temple. Martin still enjoys his rest. |
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White temple.
Ceiling details. |
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Out to the garden
Details of one of the many ornaments. |
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Ornaments on the side
building. Ponds. |
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Main temple.
Temple details. |
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Our group.
The names are witheld for security reasons. |
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Separate building.
Outhouse. |
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Inside outhouse.
Ceiling details. |
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Ceiling details.
Our bus. |
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Having lunch.
Martin sitting down after along walk. |
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Martin enjoys his beer.
Tea plantations. |
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Singha Beer company has
made these tea plantation. This is the symbol of
the company. |
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Tea plants.
Plenty of them. |
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Very nice flowers.
Lovely park arrangement. |
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Singha has plenty of money. A lot of men drinks a lot of beer.
Lovely flowers. |
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The entry area of the
tea park. They have invested a lot in the parks. |
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