Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai Trip 5 - 9 Aug '09 (Day 3)

This is the 'Mae Kajan' hot spring and is my first time at a hot spring.

The 'White Temple', I love this temple, this temple is unlike any other temples I've seen so far. The construction was took place back in 1998 and is still going on. The temple is totally white in color and cover with little mirror tiles. When you enter the temple you have to cross a bridge and beneath it there are a lot of hands grasping up into the air resembling desire or greed. Also most of the statues are pretty scary and decorated with skulls and devil like creatures. Once inside the temple the mural paintings are very modern. There is a picture of a plane crashing into the twin towers with two monsters coming out of the buildings and there are spaceships and stuff.

This is Chiangrai, we have our lunch here. It gives me a 70s feel of Singapore.

We even have the chance to step into Lao, went there by boat. They are building a casino there.

At the Golden Triangle (the gate of the borders in Thailand, Burma and Lao) at the intersection between the Mekong river and Kong river.

At 'Mae Sai', the northermost town of Thailand.