Nan, Little green mt. city in N. Thailand

Nan, a northern city in Thailand is a common place for local and foreigners to go, especially with the increasing popularity of touring the north of Thailand. This small city is rich wtih historical monuments, especially temples and the nature is very green with the national forest of Nan being visited by many from all over the country.

The most famous museum here is the national museum of Nan in the temple called "Wat Phumin" and you can ask anyone in the city and they'll easily point out where it is. The national museum itself is actually a former palace of the previous feudal lords back in the old days, and it is kept very well and maintained very well.

Nan actually borders Laos so there's a lot of history there, considering how Thai and Laos are historically.

The historical sites in Nan are just everywhere, naming a few would be: Wat Phra That Chae Haeng, Wat Hua Khuang, Wat Suan Tan, and the list would just go on and on. All of these places can be found at the 7 Wonders Thai website that went to ( http://www.tourismthailand.org/7wonders/ )These are all temples that are very very well ornate and richly done so as well. Many people go there to visit these temples because of their significance religiously and architecturally, and for people who just want to meditate peacefully, these temples really do it.

Since there's the Nan river close by, many activities go on by the river, especially rafting, and the historical and traditional boat racing where people dress up in traditional clothes and help race the long boats, which is a tradition dating back centuries. Oh yeah, if you guys like mountain hiking or biking don't miss out too because it's a mountainous region, over a thousand meters above sea level so the weather's pretty nice as well.

This city is really worth a try if you like to take pictures with temples and the forest and the river. Otherwise, for those of you who love the beach more, i doubt it u'd enjoy it here, but hey, always worth the try, i really enjoyed the peaceful life there, especially when i'm close to the mountain or the river.

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Cliff pointing to the heavens - Thailand

"Phu Chi Fa" = literal translation from Thai to English is --> pointing to the sky.

And if you go to the top of this mountain on the summit in Chiang Rai Province, you'll really be "pointing to the sky" because of the shape of the summit, the cliff, pointing towards the sky.

The location is in Chiang Rai, which is the northern most part of Thailand, up in the mountains where the cliffs are locations for tourists to go enjoy the scenery.

What tourists love to do is to go there early in the morning and watch the sun rise and you can see the fog from the valleys below slowly uncover as the sun rises. When the sun totally rises, the fog disappears and what you see is the Mekong River, one of the lifelines of this region. Also, you can see deep into the country of Laos. The greenery is very very refreshing and the air is very pure, a must for nature lovers.

To get there from Bangkok you can either go by train, car, or airplane. I'd suggest the airplane because it's only a bit over an hour (around 1:30 hours) but if you want to take the bus or car, it'll be around 9-11 hours.

When you're there, the method to get up to the cliffs can be either by mountain biking, hiking, or take the car to where the road ends, then walk or rent bicycles. There are a few places for you to stay as well, for best advice or info (which is where i also got part of my info from), go to http://www.tourismthailand.org/7wonders/ in the 'nature' section then click on the 'beauty sports' section and you'll find this.

The weather is cool and refreshing all year round, so you'll see a lot of beautiful greenery, from flowers, plants, to trees that are quite rare.

You'll enjoy this one for sure!