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The antique house

Chiang Mai date for antique lovers

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Destinations: Chiang Mai
Topics: Architecture

Traditional Thai Houses

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

For about a year, near the walled city of Chiang Mai, I lived in a house on meter-high stilts. The house was made of unpainted, dark-brown wood. Its windows were mostly small, and all had shutters -...

Destinations: Thailand | Chiang Mai
Topics: Architecture
Bodhi Tree and Dtoong at Wat Phratat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

An Unearthly Visit to Wat Composite

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

Imagine you were a Martian sent to Earth to investigate human religion. Presently you materialize before a Thai wat , or monastic compound, called "Wat Composite". Opening your Lonely Planets...

Destinations: Thailand | Chiang Mai
Topics: Religion | Architecture
The Main Chedi of Wat Phrathat.

The Pinnacle of Chiang Mai: Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

They say you haven't truly arrived in Chiang Mai until you've visited Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, the city's preeminent wat , or temple. Located atop Doi Suthep, the tallest of the mountains encircling...

Destinations: Thailand | Chiang Mai
Topics: Culture | Art | Architecture
Here is shown a modern bookstore crowding out a deteriorating "singha", or lion, at the entryway to a temple.

The Changing Face of Chiang Mai

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

No more than twenty years ago, children played badminton on Prapoklad Road, near Chiang Mai's gate bearing the city's name. Their families got their essentials from the "fresh market", an enormous,...

Destinations: Thailand | Chiang Mai
Topics: Economy | Travel | 20th Century History | Architecture
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