Wat Yai Chai Mongkol was built by Ayutthaya King U-thong in the year 1357 A group of monks who have been studying under Phra Vanarat Maha Thera in Ceylon. When they returned the king build Wat Yai Chai Mongkol so that they had a place to stay. The monks who were mainly engaged in meditation belonged to a sect…
The full name is Wat Phra Singh Woramahaviharn. It was King Phayo the fifth king of the Mangrai dynasty that founded Chiang Mai, who started the construction of Wat Phra Singh in 1345. Later came all the other buildings. The reason why he wanted to build the temple, is the same reason as to why many…
The land of Wat Umong covers more than 37 rais of land mostly covered in woods. Wat Umong means the tunnel temple, Wat= temple, and Umong=tunnel. The temple date back to 1297 where it was built by the Lanna King Manglai. The most famous attraction at the temple is its tunnels. The legend says the…
Udon Thani is one of the 5 major cities in Esan, North East Thailand and it also the Thai traffic hub for connecting to Laos, North Vietnam and China. During the Vietnam war, the city was also a recreational city for US soldiers when they had the chance to rest. There is still bars and…
Take a walk in nature’s pharmacy. When you walk the streets of Vientiane you will find one street in particular where most of the vendors are selling natural remedies. The importance of traditional medicine is recognized by the Lao government, and the government has established research centers under the ministry of public health, so that…
Faded communism at a glance. This is not a tour guide to Vientiane Laos, but what i observed when walking the streets of Vientiane for 2 days with my camera. When you walk around Vientiane you really see how close Laos and Thailand are to each other. You could as well be in a Thai city…
In Vientiane, like in Thailand, you can buy food everywhere. The food you can buy in the streets of Vientiane street food looks very much like the food you can buy in the streets in Thailand, but there are differences. The most striking difference is that many of the street shops sell barquettes with different…
Visa run to Vientiane Laos, part 2 Apply for Visa and get back to Thailand. The next day i was at the consulate 7:50, at that time the gates were opened and 50 people were waiting in line to apply for Visa already. I spoke to a guy, he said he was at the consulate…
The Thai consulate in Vientiane, Laos is one of the places you can get your visa business done if you have to leave Thailand. There are many ways you can go to Vientiane in Laos, what the cheapest and most easy way is, depends on where you are trawling. If you are not flying directly…
Take route 118 in direction of Chiang Rai you find Wat Doi Saket on the right-hand side app. 30 kilometers north of Chiang Mai. Translated Wat Doi Saket means, Temple mountain Saket, or the Saket mountain temple. Wat=Temple, Doi=Moutain, and Saket is a name. It is a quite big Temple with a lot to look…