Once we checked in to our hotel in Chiang Mai, we boarded vans and headed to Doi Suthep. Technically it is called Wat Phra That, but everyone refers to it as Doi Sutheon since that is the name of the mountain on which the temple sits.
There is a long serpent staircase leading up, but I opted to take the funicular up and save the stairs for the way down.
Doi Suthep was built in 1383 as a Buddhist monastery and still is today.
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| Piles of shoes outside |
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| A copy of the emerald Buddha |
The large gold pagoda in the center had different rooms around it with different Buddhas.
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| Offerings |
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| Kids dancing in traditional costumes |
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| This little girl was really cute |
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| Girls dancing |
I did take the stairs down. The very bottom was lined with shops.
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| Serpent stairs |
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| Little girl carrying a baby up the stairs |
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| Main entrance to the stairs |
One of the rooms in the temple had a priest that was blessing visitors. He would say a blessing and then tie a white bracelet on your wrist.
It took me a while, but I found the right building.
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