We spent our last day in Chiang Rai visiting a few of the local sites. One of the newer more modern (1997) additions is the "white temple". On the outside the temple looks like something from the Chronicles of Narnia and on the inside the murals are a mix of old and new with everything from classic Buddha images to Star wars characters...very strange and different.
Our other adventure for the day was to find a limestone cave where there was monk and his collection of dogs living at the base of the steep cliff leading up to the cave. After a quick salutation we were pointed up the steep flight of stairs to the main cave chamber. It was getting late and the sun was setting, so things were pretty dark, we only had time for a quick look around the cave which had been converted to a creepy Buddha temple complete with the sound of bats coming from the shadows. After a quick visit we made our way back to the guest house before heading back to Chiang Mai in the morning.
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