Leave Chiang Mai at 8 a.m., get onto highway 118, drive three hours north and you’ll be in Chiang Rai. (The trip takes about 4 hours on a 1,000 baht VIP bus). Chiang Rai With less than 100,000 people, Chiang Rai has an easygoing atmosphere you can’t find in larger cities like Chiang…
Chiang Rai is the real Thailand. Authentic and quaint, this small town in the north of the country is known for the glorious Wat Rong Khun, a looming white temple complex covered in unconventional decor (think skulls, monsters and more). Though many tourists only pop over to Chiang Rai for a day trip to see the famous Buddhist structure, spending a few nights, a few…
To receive more informative posts like this one be sure to subscribe Tucked away in the far-north of Thailand, Chiang Rai is emerging as the next destination to check out almost by accident. You could say Chiang Rai enjoys obscurity. For the casual visitors it presents a baffling puzzle; just what do you do after you have seen its colour-coded temples? But to others that’s…