MONKS & STRAY DOGS
by balhannah
On visiting Wat Chedi Luang, one of the things I noticed was the amount of stray dogs here.
Actually, they look after the strays here, and there are a few donation boxes scattered around........as the donation box says, "It all started about ten years ago."
Initially, students and friends helped care for the dogs. They fed, sterilized, treated mange, vaccinated….....and did what ever they could for them.
Wat Chedi Luang has become a refuge for dogs, with estimations of anywhere from 60 -100 living here.
At 6pm, every evening, they are fed.
Just be careful when walking around, none were aggresive towards me, but later on in Bangkok I was bitten by a stray, and Rabies is still in Thailand.
Luckily, for me, after a series on injections, I am alright.
Responsible shopping
by trisanna about Hill-tribe products promotion center
These hill tribe product stores are all over Thailand. They were started by Queen Sirikit and sponsored by the royal family. All profits go back to the hilltribes and various hilltribe welfare programs.
Items for sale:
textiles, clothes, dolls, bags
Kantoke- Royal Meal
by yatingchen about Khum Kantoke
Kantoke is traditional royal way for guest: "meal fest" and "show entertainment".
Khan means bowl and Toke round plate. Together means the way to present dishes. The general dishes are fried pork skin, dry pork, dry rice, curry pork, fried chicken, wild vegetable, sticky rice, fruit etc. They are typical Nord-Thai food and the taste is good.
In the restaurant you feel yourself V.I.P. and you can deep in the whole Thai culture by the traditional buildings, music, dances and food. To sum up, everything is well-deisgned and joyful. We love curry pork the best.
You can eat as much as you eat.
Soup Noodle
by vigi
This soup noodle is not very special, egg based noodle with roasted pork, pork ball, Beadcurd and spring onion. You can found this dish in other Southeast Asia countries as well, some got better taste than this.
Butterfly and Orchid Farm
by alvis
Unless you are obsessed with either there is no point in going here.
Luckily we were just passing through on our elephant trek excursion. We couldn't stay here more than 5 minutes. I did not see 1 butterfly different than the usual and the orchids were nice but all the same.
There was an introduction on orchids lasting about 2-3 minutes then you can go do whatever you want. My advice is get a couple of photos and jump back in the van as we did. Much better things to do in Chiang Mai.
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