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<\/a>Morning, outside hotel<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Breakfast, chicken rice in a Chinese restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n
With the help of that restaurant owner, we got on a Songthaew for Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Songthaews outside Su Thep, this is apparently a buyer market, yet they were very much united in their high prices. #UnionMakesUsStrong<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Path to\/from Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Gateway to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep. To avoid having people in the photo I could only shoot at this angle<\/p><\/div>\n
There’s a “ticket counter” at the front entrance of Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, which only sold tickets for foreigners. But don’t worry, just turn right and walk a few steps out, it’s the side entrance of the temple, no ticket stands.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Three-King sculpture in Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>It seems every temple in Thailand has got some homeless dogs<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>It feels that Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep is barely a religious institution given all these photo-taking tourists. (Anyway, this is still better than Five-Tower temple in Hohhot under Communism reign.)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>And there\u2019s quite some tourists in the temple, a majority of which were tours by Chinese travel agencies.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep is definitely one of the richer temples (of course, it\u2019s royal temple), not a lot of temples in Chiang Mai can kept their towers so shiny<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Shoes off to enter the inner part of Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep.\/caption]<\/p>\n
[caption id=\"attachment_129\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"760\"] I came across some website that said it\u2019s cherry season in Chiang Mai from late January to early February, and cherries are quire awesome in Miao Village on Mount. Suthep, so we took a Songthaew and went further up Mount. Suthep. It turned out the whole Miao Village was a shopping street, which not-so-convenient commute. Some said that the prices here are at least reasonable, but it seemed that I, being secluded from the commercial world for so long, had totally no idea how much things were. So after wandering in the village for half an hour, we returned with only some fruits, which we ate up in an hour. As for cherry, again, this is a shopping village.<\/p>\n The only cherry tree blossoming in Miao Village<\/p><\/div>\n Fruits in Miao Village<\/p><\/div>\n After quite a phenomenal cold wave, it feelt good to see some flowers. (Though later they were everywhere in Bhuping Palace.)<\/p><\/div>\n Non-Commercial part of Miao Villagee<\/p><\/div>\n It\u2019s rumored that Bhuping Palace was for Royal Families exclusively between January and March, so we didn\u2019t plan to visit it. But the Songthaew drivers along the way all said they could take us there, after which it turned out that Phuping Palace was open. (Guess the correct rumor should be that Bhuping Palace \u201cmight\u201d be close), probably due to that, there weren\u2019t many people around.<\/p>\n And this is Bhuping Palace (Botanic Garden)<\/p><\/div>\n Looking at this, it reminds me of Roses in Phuping Botanic Garden<\/p><\/div>\n Rose in Phuping Botanic Garden<\/p><\/div>\n Rose in Phuping Botanic Garden<\/p><\/div>\n Greenhouse in Phuping Botanic Garden<\/p><\/div>\n I hadn’t seen any flowers for so long<\/p><\/div>\n Still Bhuping Botanic Garden<\/p><\/div>\n Still Bhuping Botanic Garden<\/p><\/div>\n Finally Bhuping Palace, though it’s pivate<\/p><\/div>\n Jungle in Bhuping Botanic Palace<\/p><\/div>\n And there’s a pool here<\/p><\/div>\n Abnormally large bamboo<\/p><\/div>\n Ending the Botanic Garden part with this strange-looking flower<\/p><\/div>\n Then we carpooled to Nimmanhaemin Road. (Of course, after quite a long wait for 8 enough people for a Songthaew.)<\/p>\n Now I understood why they asymmetrically designed a three-lane road, as people are usually reluctant to brake when going downhill, so they are given more space.<\/p><\/div>\n We had heard by rumors of motion sickness about Mount. Suthep before. When going uphill, it\u2019s nothing; yet when it comes to downhill and it became a fast and dizzy ride. #FreeRollerCoaster<\/p>\n After going down from Mount. Suthep, we find a restaurant to alleviate that motion sickness.<\/p><\/div>\n Lunch in that same restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n Then we walked along Nimmanhaemin Road to Wat Suan Dok.<\/p>\n Quite interesting burger design<\/p><\/div>\n And AliPay has occupied every shop here<\/p><\/div>\n Some artwork along the road<\/p><\/div>\n Ubosot of Wat Suan Dok<\/p><\/div>\n Groups of white towers<\/p><\/div>\n It\u2019s quite nice to enjoy the tranquility without tour groups<\/p><\/div>\n Groups of white towers<\/p><\/div>\n Like the lighting from this angle<\/p><\/div>\n It feels like \u201cOxford: City of Dreaming Spires\u201d under sunset<\/p><\/div>\n The white towers from another angle<\/p><\/div>\n Wat Suan Dok is located just north of Chiang Mai Airport, a China Eastern plane taking off<\/p><\/div>\n The animals in the temple were fed regularly<\/p><\/div>\n And they were well clothed too. (I\u2019m really curious whether this monk cloth was custom-made)<\/p><\/div>\n Sun pouring on this wall of Ubosot<\/p><\/div>\n Then we left Wat Suan Dok, as the sun had almost set. Mom said she\u2019s still fine and felt like walking, so we wandered back to hotel.<\/p>\n At dusk, I purchased a coconut with 25THB<\/p><\/div>\n We had dinner at a local restaurant with no English menu. I ordered this bowl of noodles with hand gestures and 50THB<\/p><\/div>\n Motion & Stillness<\/p><\/div>\n Wat Phra Sing at night<\/p><\/div>\n Back to hotel, I came across some astonishing TV channels. 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We twa hae run about the braes, and pluck the gowans fine.
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