Must do things in Chiang Rai, Thailand #bucketlisttravel #travelbucketlist #travelgram

Here are 6 things you absolutely must do in Chiang Rai, Thailand, told with the excitement of someone who knows this isn’t postcard tourism — it’s traveling with your gut and eyes wide open.

🔥 1. The Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten)
This isn’t a temple — it’s a punch of blue to the retina. A place so visual it feels like it came out of a really good hallucination. You go, shut up, and observe. Because talking about what you see here is like trying to explain the ocean to someone who’s never left the neighborhood.

🍰 2. Lálitta Café
A magical café? Yes, one of those places that looks like Disney designed it on a creative bender. Ponds, flowers, fairytale architecture, and desserts that make you close your eyes. You don’t come here for coffee — you come to live a fantasy moment… and of course, post it on Instagram.

🏛️ 3. The White Temple (Wat Rong Khun)
They say it’s not a temple. It’s art dressed as religion. Pure spectacle. You step into this white gem and it’s like entering a parallel dimension where Buddha, Batman, and The Matrix shake hands. It’s weird, it’s intense, and yes, it’s unmissable.

🍵 4. Choui Fong Tea Plantation
Greens so soothing they calm even the most wound-up soul. You eat a tea ice cream, look at the mountains, and feel the stress fall off your shoulders like an old jacket. Don’t rush — time stretches here. And so do you.

🌌 5. Sleep in a glass bubble in the middle of the jungle (@Anantara_GoldenTriangle)
Yes, a transparent bubble. Fancy, of course. You crawl inside, look out, and have the jungle and the Mekong as your neighbors. No walls, just views. And a silence that doesn’t scare — it brings peace.

🐉 6. Wat Huay Pla Kang (the least touristy but most epic temple)
Everyone fights for the White Temple photo, but here lies the hidden gem. The Goddess of Mercy awaits, seated, gigantic, white, and serene. But the best part is those dragon staircases that look like they came from an epic movie. You come here to disconnect from the noise and reconnect with something bigger than yourself.

💥 Chiang Rai isn’t a place to “see,” it’s a place to savor. So now you know: save this, pack your bag, and let yourself be amazed.

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