Chiang Saen is a wonderful historic town full of ancient temples, dating back up to 750 years. As well as 70+ temple sites within the old town walls, there are another 60+ outside the walls.
I was out and about on the old BSA recently, when I found a newly restored temple, Wat Pa Daeng.
Wat Pa Daeng is on top of a small hill overlooking the town to the south west. The remaining parts of the image have been rebuilt to show how large the image originally was. At 7m across, the largest known in the town.
Ancient temple & ancient bike......
It is an easy dirt road access to get there.
This is another ancient temple nearby. There are no signs giving a name.
The well known ancient Wat Chomkitthi is on a hill, northwest of Chiang Saen, outside the walls and the bypass road. There are several ancient temple sites in this area, They probably all date to around 15th Century AD.
These temples are all north of the 3166, which runs from the bypass west, on the north side of the Kham river, whereas the 1016 highway is on the south side of the Kham river.
I was out and about on the old BSA recently, when I found a newly restored temple, Wat Pa Daeng.
Wat Pa Daeng is on top of a small hill overlooking the town to the south west. The remaining parts of the image have been rebuilt to show how large the image originally was. At 7m across, the largest known in the town.
Ancient temple & ancient bike......
It is an easy dirt road access to get there.
This is another ancient temple nearby. There are no signs giving a name.
The well known ancient Wat Chomkitthi is on a hill, northwest of Chiang Saen, outside the walls and the bypass road. There are several ancient temple sites in this area, They probably all date to around 15th Century AD.
These temples are all north of the 3166, which runs from the bypass west, on the north side of the Kham river, whereas the 1016 highway is on the south side of the Kham river.
