Wat Chiang Man Chiang Mai

Ratchaphakhinai Road Chiang Mai , Thailand

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    I <3 Chiang Mai

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    Pronto! (That's hello in Italian, I'm learning so many languages!) This weekend was Irma's last weekend in Thailand :( She is leaving on Thursday to go back to Italy, so we decided to head to Chiang Mai for the weekend. Anne and Glenn were nice enough to give us Friday and Monday off from volunteering so we could do more. Turns out Anne and …

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    slow trains, food and elephants

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    Chiang Mai is more what we didn't do than what we did do!!!! So to summarize we went on an overnight train, trekking, elephant riding, white water rafting, attended a cookery school, visited local markets, local wats (temples) and many a street vendor (which resulted in the first case of Bangkok belly x 2).

    So the slow train was an event …

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    Wats and Night Bazaar shopping sprees

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    Our immediate impression on arrival in Chiang Mai was of a more chilled out and friendly place despite the still decidedly touristy feel. We asked our taxi driver to take us to Thana guesthouse a recommendation of Omer and Hilla which is a favourite Israeli haunt in Chiang Mai offering decent rooms, wifi, hot water and fans for very cheap prices. …

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    Chiang Mai Cookery School

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    ... or "Wat" in Thai including Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, the city's most famous temple dating back to 1383 and Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, dating back to the 13th century. Chiang Mai is also the ideal place to get an adrenaline kick, Thai ...

  • 2

    Visiting Wats

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    ... smiling and pointing to his head, and then to me, saying "Meditation!  Meditation!  Focus!  Focus!" :) At Wat Chiang Man, just a ten-minute walk way, I spent about an hour praying and looking at the impressive Buddha images, some ...

  • 3

    A Chatty Monk

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    ... which you can never argue, especially when tourist restaurants are so expensive.  Our first stop was at Wat Chiang Man, the oldest wat in Chiang Mai.  It was erected by Chiang Mai's founder in 1296.  Housed within its precincts are ...

  • 4

    Back to Reality

    ... night, after watching the football. Today has just been a slow wander round the old part of Chiang Mai, including a few Wats. The best one being Wat Chiang Man which has lots of dogs (and some Bhudda Relics). Lots of dogs means lots of puppies. And ...

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    City of Monks and Elephants

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    Chiang Mai, Thailand - The train ride to Chiang Mai was pretty brutal! The chairs were at odd angles, the air con carriage turned out to be four fans, the train moved very slowly and very little sleep was had. The train was full of travellers and we were ...

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    Hill Trekking - you shop now?

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    ... at various Wats. One particularly interesting monastery is just out of town called Wat U Mong (not to be mistaken for Wat Chiang Man - a mistake our driver made due to our terrible pronounciation, poor man). Aside from the massive amounts of catfish in ...

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    May 2 2008

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    ... see the bigger of the many wat temples in the old city and explore the many soi's.  We first headed north to the Wat Chiang Man, which had a small crystal Buddha and a marble Buddha which were made 1,800 years ago and 2,500 years ago.  They ...

  • 8

    Wat's Happening?

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    ... most interesting.  Sadly, many of them have had failed attempts at restoration.   We were able to visit Lam Chang, Wat Chiang Man, Chang Puak Gate, Wat Pa Pong, Wat Phra Singh, Wat Pan Tao, Wat Chedi Luang just before dark before settling ...

  • 9

    City of scooters and Package Deals

    ... end of the day!  I enjoyed cycling around the soi of the old city and stopping at a few temples.  The first, Wat Chiang Man is the oldest within the city walls and is really beautiful - there were very few people about so I could take lots of ...

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    Cooking, trekking, eating, relaxing, sightseeing

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    ... mehr weiss, welches wie ausgesehen hat (Wat Phra Sing, Wat Phan Tao, Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Suan Dok, Wat U Mong, Wat Chiang Man). "Fun"-Street, wo eine offene Bar nach der anderen ist, man reinsieht und lauter ungustige, alte Westerner die Thai-Maedels ...