One day to explore Chiang Rai in 2018

Thailand’s most northerly province, Chiang Rai is located nearly 800 kilometers from Bangkok. The north of Chiang Rai borders Myanmar, the south borders Phayao Province, the east borders Laos, and the west borders Chiang Mai Province. You can see more: Thailand 1 week packages

We were trying to travel to other places apart from the too famous Bangkok or Pattaya which is more than familiar to Vietnamese travelers.

So we did catch the flight directly to Chiang Rai from Don Meuang airport in Bangkok and stay the night there. There are numerous domestic airlines that operate this route such as Nok Air, Bangkok Airway, Thai Lion Air or other than that there are still Vietjet Air, Air Asia, etc. 

All around the complex are caved with sculptures of skulls, hands and arms, skulls, severed heads handing from trees and other bizarre objects.

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There is a bridge that you have to get through to get inside the temple. This bridge is like floating in the ocean of “people’s reaching arms”, some are small indicated children, some are with painted nails indicated female, apparently symbolize “desire”.

Just around 20 minutes from the White temple is the Black House (Baan Dam Museum) – the unique legacy of the late and renowned artist Thawan Duchanee, a son of Chiang Rai. The very first impression of this mansion was a completely huge and tall black traditional house knowing as the main building which is a large wooden structure.

One hut, designed like a Budhist stupa, contains a circular room, lined with chairs made of buffalo horns and skin. The centerpiece is a giant crocodile skin, painted black and surrounded by candles.

Other than that, there is a complex of houses and extraordinary buildings which are “decorated” by dead animals’ skeleton such as buffalo skulls and horns, skin of crocodiles and snakes, head of deers, fur of sheeps, foxes and cows, etc, and even a lot of furniture were made from those skeletons.

After lunch, we headed to the most interesting place – the golden triangle. This is the famous location where the borders of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar meet in the middle of Mekong River. From the viewpoint of the Golden Triangle Park you will see the two other neighboring countries, the Mekong River and the hilly landscape with its small villages and hillside temples. See more: travel from Bangkok to Chiang Mai