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Chiang Rai White Temple

Chiang Rai White Temple

There are basically two things to see in Chiang Rai, the white temple and the black temple (well, black house, but whatever). Today, we did the white temple. We walked over to the old bus station in the center of town and asked around for Wat Rong Khun. They pointed...

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Thai Cooking Class

Thai Cooking Class

We love to cook, and we love thai food. So we wanted to learn how to cook thai food. All the guide books said to take a cooking class in Chiang Mai, so that's what we did today. That and laundry. But you don't care about laundry. So let's cook! We did a half day class...

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Loi Krathong in Chiang Mai

Loi Krathong in Chiang Mai

Well that was crazy. We walked over from our hotel (by the way, we're staying at the FX Hotel Royal Panerai - it's awesome and it's absolutely perfectly located for all the Yi Peng/Loi Krathong celebrations) to the river where we saw a bunch of people gathering for...

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Doi Suthep

Doi Suthep

We started the day off at church. We just did sacrament and then took off to explore Chiang Mai. We went back to the hotel and changed and then took the moto up to Doi Suthep. This is a temple up on a hill out west of the city limits. It takes about an hour to get out...

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Wat Arun and Dusit Palace

Wat Arun and Dusit Palace

After we left the Grand Palace, we walked directly down the street toward the river, through the market and onto the 3 baht ferry that runs you to the other side. Our destination: Wat Arun. I have only ever taken pictures of Wat Arun from the opposite bank, by the...

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