Phraya Nakhon Cave is considered the most exquisite cave in Thailand, and that is not without reason. Even I had seen a lot of pictures of the cave and the temple inside it, it was still a breathtaking experience to visit the cave and see it with my own eyes for the first time. None…
There are several hell temples in Thailand, but the most gruesome in Wat Mae Kaet Noi. A hell temple is a temple there shows what happen to you if you do not behave and sin in your present life. You go to hell. Buddhist hell is not the same as Cristian hell. The Christians believe that…
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is known as Wat Doi Suthep. Wat Doi Suthep was built around 1383 by King Keuna. The temple is located around 15 kilometers from Chiang Mai city center on mountain Doi Suthep. You can spot Wat Doi Suthep from almost everywhere in the city, and from the temple itself, there is a…
The first king of the Lanna kingdom King Mangrai build Wat Chiang Man. Wat Chiang Man was the first temple build in Chiang Mai and is located in the northeast corner inside the city walls. King Mangrai build it on the location of the Lawa Peoples fortified city Wiang Nopburi. The King used the Lawa city as…
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…
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…
King Saen Muang Ma started to build Wat Chedi Luang, or as it originally was called Phra Chedi Luang, in the 14 century. He wanted to enshrine the ashes of his father. however, the wat was first finished by King Tilokaraj in the 15 century, almost a hundred years later. Wat Chedi Luang was the tallest…
Wat Suan Dok was built by the Lanna King Kue Na in the year 1370 It was originally built in one of the Lawa people’s walled settlement and is older than Chiang Mai itself. The Lawa people are an ethnic group from northern Thailand, they are still not integrated into the Thai society, and today…