After having the breakfast at the stall near the hostel, we didn't have any activity for the morning as it is raining. We don't want to rent a motorbike to ride in this wet condition. Hence, we were just used the time to plan for our next journey in the Thailand. Meanwhile, we bought a sim card with unlimited data at 1Mbps for one month. It only cost 150B which introduced by our hostel owner. This is really cheap as there are promotion for the AIS sim card.
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| The noodle restaurant just opposite of the bus terminal 1 |
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| Thin noodle with pork ball in spicy and sour soup, 35B |
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| Egg noodle with pork and clear soup, 35B |
In the afternoon, after had the lunch at the local stall. We took the shuttle local bus to the White Temple. The bus fee only cost 20B/person. It took around a half hour to reach the white temple.
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| Rice with fried pork in garlic, 35B |
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| Fried rice with sausage, 35B |
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| The local bus to white temple |
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| The schedule of the bus |
Before buying the ticket to get into the white temple, we visited the Hall of Masterwork which is free and located beside the temple. It is not allow to take the photo inside the hall. The artist, Chalermchai Kositpipat, workpieces and paintings are very beautiful and amazing. He must have a good imagination and stress on details. We spend around 45 minutes in this hall as it is very interesting and there are a lot of painting to see. There is also a small souvenir shop selling these paintings postcards and cards. The postcards only cost 10B each.
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| Before the entrance, saw this cool sculpture |
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| The hall of masterwork |
After that, we bought the 50B tickets to visit the White Temple. It was a lot of tourist. We hardly to take a good picture. This white temple is really amazing. Inside of the temple, the visitor have to take off the shoes and put in the plastic bag and will exit at the behind of the temple. The visitor also are not allow to take the photo inside the temple which the wall is a mural art. This mural art include very modern characters like pokemons, movie characters etc. After exit the white temple area, there is a golden toilet. A must visit toilet because there are a lot of golden decoration too. After exit the gate, we just walked around the souvenir area. However, the food here is quite expensive compare to the local stall at the town. Then we just walked back to the bus station to get the bus back.
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| The golden art work before the white temple |
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| The white temple |
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| Hands from hell |
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| The white color is degraded at certain part |
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| This roof of wishing pond is the twelve zodiac sculptures |
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| The wishing trees |
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| The things in lost and found look amazing. |
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| The golden toilet |
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| View from outside |
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| The white building behind the temple look like not yet finished. |
Back to the hostel, we tried to write an email to the Lao tourism office regarding the Naluang bus service. Hope that we can heard a good news from them. The raining is still continue since morning. After that, we had our dinner at the food center in the night bazaar. Then, we walked to visit the golden clock tower. There is a music show everyday at 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. We watched this clock tower show at 8pm. This show include changing of the light color and broadcast some music.
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| Hotpot with chicken and fish, 120B |
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| Fried mix, 50B. There are onions, sweet potato, pumpkins, long beans, tempura, shrimp and a fish. |
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| The golden clock tower |
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| Changing of light during the music show |
Our Expenses (Baht)
Breakfast : 70
Sim card with 1 month unlimited data : 150
Lunch : 70
Bus to White Temple : 40
White Temple : 100
Postcards and souvenir : 90
Bus back to Chiang Rai Terminal 1 : 40
Dinner : 170
Accomodation : 298
TOTAL : 978
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