R106 and a roundabout ride to Sisatchanalai from Chiang Khong.
I enjoy the monthly GTR dinners going to smaller towns that are often a bit out of the way, as it provides an opportunity to check out some local attractions you may not normally seek out if you were just going to stay in a provincial capital or a popular tourist town.
The GTR pre-Christmas dinner was in Si Satchanalai, and while it isn't a quiet backwater/out-of-the-way town, it did give me the chance to tick off a few places I had wanted to check out on the way there & the way back.
One of the "problems" of living here so long is that the more you know, the more you realise how little you know, and the more places you find out about, the more places you want to go. You never get bored "chasing your tail," it seems.
One of the positives of my failed relationship with the last GF was that I spent a lot of time down Lamphun way, discovered the joy of R1184 & some interesting Karen Wats in the area of Thung Hua Chang & Li.
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It also piqued my interest in the attractions of R106, the Lamphun-Li-Thoen road, and so it was with the GTR Dinner in Si Satchanalai; the opportunity was there to take a roundabout route to get there & tick a few more "Wat Boxes" on the way.
Wat Ban Pang & Ban Pang
It is the birthplace of Khruba Siwichai, the famous Thai monk who built the road to Doi Suthep.
He entered the monkhood at Wat Ban Pang at at18 & went on to build 100 religious and nonreligious projects such as temples, roads, and bridges around the North.
He was involved in the renovation of the main temples of Doi Suthep and Suan Dok in Chiang Mai & Chamthevi in Lamphun.
Kruba gained massive influence, such that he eventually ran afoul of the authorities. Over a period of years, he was imprisoned for misdemeanours ordaining monks at his own temple, released, charged again with another offence, imprisoned at Wat Phrathat Haripunchai for a year, and then eventually released again.
He died at 61 in his home village at Wat Ban Pang on 21 February 1939.
In 1989 a museum was built at Wat Ban Pang to honour Kruba Siwichai.
Not sure exactly what - a renovated ex residence of Kruba Boonchum / birth place??
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more to come on 106.
I enjoy the monthly GTR dinners going to smaller towns that are often a bit out of the way, as it provides an opportunity to check out some local attractions you may not normally seek out if you were just going to stay in a provincial capital or a popular tourist town.
The GTR pre-Christmas dinner was in Si Satchanalai, and while it isn't a quiet backwater/out-of-the-way town, it did give me the chance to tick off a few places I had wanted to check out on the way there & the way back.
One of the "problems" of living here so long is that the more you know, the more you realise how little you know, and the more places you find out about, the more places you want to go. You never get bored "chasing your tail," it seems.
One of the positives of my failed relationship with the last GF was that I spent a lot of time down Lamphun way, discovered the joy of R1184 & some interesting Karen Wats in the area of Thung Hua Chang & Li.
R1184 - Thung Hua Chang
Most people generally head north - west or east from Chiang Mai for the best biking roads, & rightly so for these areas are the most popular with loadsa tourist attractons to keep you interested. The top ten roads in the north from an old post North Thailand Top Ten Roads but the last few...
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Wat Ban Pang & Ban Pang
It is the birthplace of Khruba Siwichai, the famous Thai monk who built the road to Doi Suthep.
He entered the monkhood at Wat Ban Pang at at18 & went on to build 100 religious and nonreligious projects such as temples, roads, and bridges around the North.
He was involved in the renovation of the main temples of Doi Suthep and Suan Dok in Chiang Mai & Chamthevi in Lamphun.
Kruba gained massive influence, such that he eventually ran afoul of the authorities. Over a period of years, he was imprisoned for misdemeanours ordaining monks at his own temple, released, charged again with another offence, imprisoned at Wat Phrathat Haripunchai for a year, and then eventually released again.
He died at 61 in his home village at Wat Ban Pang on 21 February 1939.
In 1989 a museum was built at Wat Ban Pang to honour Kruba Siwichai.
Not sure exactly what - a renovated ex residence of Kruba Boonchum / birth place??
Wat Ban Pang - Khruba Si Wichai · 4V5P+M6F, RO Pho Cho Lamphun 5022 Rd, Si Wichai, Li District, Lamphun 51110, Thailand
★★★★★ · Buddhist temple
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more to come on 106.
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