Chiang Rai <\/strong>is a beautiful, nature-rich province in the far north of Thailand. In the small town of the same name, the laid back<\/em> atmosphere, aromatic local food, morning market and many temples make this a wonderful place to wander around. At least visit Wat Rung Khun<\/strong>, the white temple that stands for celebration of life, where white symbolizes the purity of Buddha. Style elements from traditional temples are mixed with avant-garde quirkiness, the result is unique and fairy-tale like. Just outside the city you will find its black counterpart Ban Daam<\/strong> where death takes center stage.<\/p>\n The city of Chiang Rai is the gateway to the northern province and the Golden Triangle<\/strong>, the tri-border point where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet. The name is due to the time when opium trade was common here. In Sop Ruak<\/strong>, travel back to this period at the Opium Museum, the Hall of Opium, and the Golden Triangle Park. Here, enjoy the view of the Mekong River<\/strong> and the magnificent golden Buddha. Your eyes search in vain for poppy fields, which have given way to flowers, tea and fruit plantations for years.<\/p>\n In the same region, several mountain peoples still live authentically. During a multi-day stay in a village, you will get to know their unique identity and culture. Visit the small town of Doi Mae Salong<\/strong>, the center of tea in the middle of one of the \u00e1ll most beautiful areas of Thailand. Take an evening stroll in the beautiful Mae Fah Luang Garden<\/strong>, explore the area with its numerous unique wats<\/strong> by bike and relax in the many hot springs. Nam Roo<\/strong> is a naturally heated lake located deep in the forest around the mountains of Doi Pha Hom Pok <\/strong>National Park, high in the mountains. It looks like an infinity pool<\/em> from which the view is extraordinarily spectacular. Where the world can’t find you….<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The purity of the White Temple and authentic mountain peoples in the Golden Triangle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":327044,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[246],"highlight_category":[602,600],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-32993","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-thailand","highlight_category-gebied-en","highlight_category-hoogtepunt-en","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327299,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32993\/revisions\/327299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=32993"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=32993"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=32993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Authentic mountain peoples in the Golden Triangle<\/h3>\n