Chiang Rai anyone?

[DrAndy]

i hope you don't lose ur balls for saying that.

are they smaller than CMN?

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I doubt it, but who knows

[blackgang]

I think she's coming for the temples..

I bet that she coming to see the fat stuffed broad on display in CR, see who packin the most ass..

[babygirl]

^ twisted. Red card for you. PLEASE LEAVE THE PLANET!

[stroller]

If you do go to the white temple don't go to the gallery showing the artists paintings, they're sub-psychedelic trash and it's hard to believe the same artist is also responsible for the temple. Somewhere there must be a Thai artist who wants to paint something other than Buddhas, elephants, or half-naked women

I don't think that's fair.
While the paintings may seem a bit clicheed and 'kitsch' compared to contemporary Western Art, they are well executed and are regarded as an important contribution to modern Thai religious art, as is the temple itself, which as a piece of architecture is equally 'twee' - aethetically pleasing but overdone in detail and taking itself too serious, also lacking self-reflection in the modern art/architecture field it is sat in - not unlike parts of the spiritual/psychedelic art which has evolved in the West since the late 19th century.

There is contemporary secular Thai art, but doesn't rank highly internationally, it often seems a few decades behind the times and there is a tendency to make it pretty and decorative to appeal to a conservative clientel.

[DrB0b]

If you do go to the white temple don't go to the gallery showing the artists paintings, they're sub-psychedelic trash and it's hard to believe the same artist is also responsible for the temple. Somewhere there must be a Thai artist who wants to paint something other than Buddhas, elephants, or half-naked women

I don't think that's fair.
While the paintings may seem a bit clicheed and 'kitsch' compared to contemporary Western Art, they are well executed and are regarded as an important contribution to modern Thai religious art, as is the temple itself, which as a piece of architecture is equally 'twee' - aethetically pleasing but overdone in detail and taking itself too serious, also lacking self-reflection in the modern art/architecture field it is sat in - not unlike parts of the spiritual/psychedelic art which has evolved in the West since the late 19th century.

I just don't like that style of painting, reminds me of a combination of Frank Frazetta and Jim Fitzpatrick. Just my personal opinion, which is all that really counts when it comes to apreciating art. To each his own.

[babygirl]

^ Thai architect and design is stunning imo. I want to see that white temple in CR, and the ghost thingy/spirit grave (dont know the name off hand).

[tayto]

I know i'll get my balls chewed for saying this but I think it is far better than CM.

Do we have a member living there?
says it all really.

Nice place for a day or two though.

Living in Chiang Rai
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzI'm awake.
Sorry about that babygirl, but we're a lazy lot here in Chiang Rai.
Anything else you want to know ask me.
BTW Stroller.........nice pictures.

[babygirl]

^ thanks, what is the easiest way to get to the temple, Wat Rong khun? Is it far from CM/CR?

Best places to stay in CR?

[Thetyim]

I went there yesterday.
Must admit I was not very impressed with it.
The piccies are a lot better.

It's about 20km south of CR. Just head down the highway and it is on the right. You can see it from the highway

How much you want to pay for hotel.
I stay in the Moon & Sun

[tayto]

^ thanks, what is the easiest way to get to the temple, Wat Rong khun? Is it far from CM/CR?

Best places to stay in CR?

The White Temple as us farang call it is about 15 kilometres from Chiang Rai on the main highway to Chiang Mai.
Depends how you are travelling and from what direction.
Let me know what your itinary is and I wll let you know later.
Accomodation from 150 baht to 10,000 baht.
also check out CHIANG RAI , THAILAND - accommodation and information. Chiangrai. Travel guide / North Thailand/ hotels and resorts

[Thetyim]

They got a website

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All in thai though

[babygirl]

How much you want to pay for hotel.

Not sure yet, just looking around to see what's out there.


Thanks for the link, and information.

[keda]

Wheels up to CR tomollow.

[Sir Burr]

I went there once about ten years ago. Boring place with the most miserable Thais I've seen in the whole country. All the hills were stripped of trees and were bare earth or scrub. Maybe it's changed, but, I thought Chiang Mai was a lot better.

[keda]

From what I've heard a couple of days will have us at each other's throat for something to do, so might be nipping down to CM where we had a great time last year.
Only real plobrem there was no decent farang food so not hopeful about CR at all, and depression sinking in.

[tayto]

Hi Keda.
Hope you didn't get caught up in the heavy rainfall we had this morning.
If you are still in Chiang Rai, send me a message and we'll meet up if possible.

[dirtydog]

Flood hits Chiang Rai province

(BangkokPost.com) - Fourteen villages in Chiang Rai are under water early Thursday after heavy rain hit the province.

Rain poured onto the villages since 3am, bringing flash flood to the areas three hours later.

More than 100 households are inundated, a Chiang Rai official said, adding that rescue units have been sent to the villages urgently to take villagers out of the water.

There are no report of injuries or casualties. But agricultural areas are vastly damaged.

[tayto]

No flooding in the city.

[obsidian]

a pity. it might clean it up a bit.

[tayto]

[dirtydog]

Hundreds of homes hit by floods in Chiang Rai
Disaster blamed on forest destruction
THEERAWAT KHAMTHITA

Chiang Rai _ Run-off from Phu Chi Fa mountain, one of the major tourist attractions, swept through hundreds of houses in two districts in the early hours of yesterday. Forest encroachment and illegal logging caused the flooding, according to local officials.

About 5am, floodwater as high as five metres from Khun Nam Ngao stream atop the mountain hit more than 500 houses in 14 villages and ruined more than 10,000 rai of farmland in tambon Tab Tao in Thoeng district.

Villagers were forced to flee toward higher ground.

Some villagers were left stranded in houses and it took rescue workers almost three hours to get them to safety.

No casualties or missing people were reported.

Rescue workers managed to save Rattana Jaithoeng, 68, and his wife Oura, 60, villagers at Ban Lao in tambon Tab Tao, only minutes before their house was swept away.

Mr Rattana said he and his wife were woken by the thunderous sound of strong water approaching. Their house was engulfed by floodwater, which almost reached the second floor.

''As the water was surging, we thought we would die,'' he said, adding that the flood was the worst he had seen in two decades.

Strong currents cut a hole 320 metres wide through an embankment in Ton Khueng village. It damaged a local school, destroyed a section of a concrete bridge and laid waste to many wooden bridges.

Run-off also flooded a school, houses and farmland in Huay Ian village in tambon Ngao in Thoeng district.

A road linking Thoeng and Chiang Kham was made impassable by up to 50cm of water, causing traffic gridlock as long as one kilometre.

In Wiang Chiang Rung sub-district, a hospital, a road between Nong Bua Daeng and Wiang Chiang Rung and wide areas of farmland were also inundated. Floodwater of up 30cm forced the closure of a kindergarten in the sub-district.

Rescue and relief workers from the disaster prevention and mitigation office in Phaya Mengrai district rescued villagers in areas affected by the flooding.

Bantherng Kruewong, chief of the tambon Tab Tao administration organisation, said the flooding was caused by rampant illegal logging and shifting cultivation practices, which had depleted wide areas of forest and caused an imbalance in the ecological system.

Several days of downpours had increased the water level of Khun Nam Ngao stream in Phu Chi Fa mountain, triggering run-off and mudslides, he said.

The Meteorological Department forecasts widespread thundershowers in the northern region today. Heavy rain is expected in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phayao, Nan, Phrae, Sukhothai, Uttaradit, Tak and Phetchabun.

Bangkok Post