A little bit norther of Chiang Mai, there is Chiang Rai. A much less touristic city which makes an effort to attract more tourists. In fact, the city itself doesn't have much to see, but you can make beautiful excursions around. It also has some recent constructions, which have been equipped with an appearance of ancient history, possibly part of a plan for boosting tourism in the region. In fact, it's a little bit like going to Disney Land. Here we present the three most important ones.
- The White Temple or Wat Rong Khun วัดร่องขุ่น
It's located on the outskirts of the city, right next to the highway (to allow access to the masses of tourists).
The White Temple is still under construction and consists of several buildings, some of them are already completed.
The main buildings are painted completely white and there are only a few embedded mirror tiles to create drawings. These mirrors, reflecting sunlight, give an even brighter color to this buildings, almost like silver.
... And where there is silver, it should be gold too. With the same technique of little mirror pieces and painting the facade in yellow, they have created a golden house.
Despite wanting to give an old appearance, you can also find examples of contemporary sculptures in the grounds.
You can see how they are working on the details of construction and the figures that will be placed later, as well as the structures of new buildings.
- Bandaam Museum (or Black Temple)
On the other side of the city, also in the suburbs, there is a counterpoint to the white temple, which is known as the black temple. This however, is not a temple but a museum and it looks like the evil temple.
As in the case of White Temple, the museum also has several buildings.
Most of the buildings are made with an aesthetic of a temple of evil, but others have more contemporary or even futuristic style.
Everything surrounded by thick vegetation.
In any case, it's worth going there because it is much less crowded than the White Temple, but it is not so easy to get there as the other one.
Here you can find a quieter place to relax.
- The Clock Tower
Also following the aesthetics Disney Land and surrounded by a non idyllic scenery, there is the "famous" Clock Tower, which is located in the middle of a roundabout in the city center.
At night you can see a light and music show at this point.
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