Travelling in Chiang Rai : Thailand

Chiang Rai : Thailand

One of the centre for treking, in Thailand, is Chiang Rai province. It is the North most part of Thailand. Its niegbours are Myanmar and Laos. It was king Mengrai's capital before the founded Chiang Mai and Lanna state. He eventuelly died in Chiang mai at the age of 80. The king was enthroned at the age of 21 and glory is long gone; the much-coveted and consequently much-travelled Emerald Buddha here in Wat Phra Kaew. Wat Phra That Doi Tung is one of the place to visit. The town stands on Mae Kok River; boats can be hired to stating points for one-day treks, if that is all you have time for.


In the city of Chiang Rai (Thailand) and around there are many heritage and cultural places to visit too. Por Kun Meng Rai monument is the statute of King Meng Rai. It stands near interjunction "Haa Yaek Por Khun" ( Haa is 5, Yaek is interconjunction and Por Khun is King Menrai). In there, there are 5 route to other places such as :
1 the way to Mae lao Mae distric, Suay distric, Wiang Pa Pao distric of Chiang Rai province, and then go through the hill to Chiang Mai province.
2 the way to Nang lae village, Mae Fa Luang University, Mae Chan distric and Mae Sai distric where is the border place between Thailand and Myanmar and also on the way you can tern right to Chiang Saen distric too.
3 the way to Wiang Chai and Wiang Chiang Rung distric.
4 the way to Banpaprakarn Road leads you to the down town.
5 the way lead you into the city of Chiang Rai that there are many Wat (temple), heritage places and hiatorical places.

The Wat or Temples inside the city wall is presented as one kind of travelling place in the central of Chiang Rai province. They are:
1 Wat Phra Kaew (the place where the Emeral Buddha found)
2 Wat Phra Sihing or Wat Phra Singh (the beginning of Buddha immage in "si hing style" of Thai land)
3 Wat Sri Bun Rueng (the place where every city of encien Thai state must build in their city)
4 Wat Sri Kert (the place where the beginning of Lucky for every one)
5 Wat Doi Ngam Mueng (the place where the stupa or pagoda that contain with the reric of King Meng Rai)
6 Wat Phra Taat Doi Thong (the place where the pole of central sighn of Chiang Rai city stand here)
7 Wat Ming Mueng (the place where build in Myanmar style)
8 Wat Mung Mueng (the place where Laughing Buddha is sit here to give you happiness.
9 Wat Klang Wiang(the place where build as the sigh of the central of Chiang Rai in the ancien time)

(These Wat/temples I would present to you in the other post.)

Art and Cultural musiums in the central city of Chiang Rai province such as Rai Mae Fa Luang (Mae Fa Luang gardent), Oop Kam Musium etc.

Chiang Rai Tourists Authority is stand at the opposit side of the ex-city hall you can get any information about travelling in Chiang Rai and other province.

Monk Chat is one of place that you can get the information ang chat about Buddhism with the monks who are the students of the Monks University of Wat Phra Kaew Chiang Rai: Thailand called MCU.

The local market is located near Wat Mung Mueng, where sell local vegetable, fruit, and other kinds of food. You can walk around and take photograp with their smiling face. In some canner, there are many hill tribe race bring there product for sell too.

Golden Triangle

Raods lead further north to Mae Sai and Chiang Saen. Mae Sai is Thailand's northernmost town, with a border crossing to Myanmar, and Chiang Saen was the site of one of he first Thai principalities in the 13th century. Some ruins remain. This area is the nominal heart of the infrmous opium-growing Golden Triangle; actual production centres fluctuate with politices and war. The great majority of this raw material for heroin is currently grown not in Thailand but in Myanmaer and Laos, whose borders meet Thailand's just north of Chiang Saen, at the confluence the Sop Ruak and Maekong Rivers.

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