A bicycle ride through the old cultural city | Chiang Mai

We will stop at a silversmith who fabricates beautiful jewellery in different shapes and sizes (sorry, no shopping). We will then visit the adjacent Silver Temple to see the monks keeping themselves busy making decorations of alloy used for the renovation of this temple

We will continue our ride through narrow alleys and small lanes to the centre of the city where we visit Wat Chedi Luang, which was built in the 14th century. Thailand’s most revered Buddha statue, the Emerald Buddha, used to reside in this temple until the Laotian kind took it to Luang Prabang (Laos) around 1545. Nowadays this Buddha statue can be found in Bangkok’s Wat Phra Kaew

After shooting pictures of this remarkable Chedi, we will stop for a refreshment at the Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution. This institution aims to reform and rehabilitate inmates who have almost completed their sentences. Their residents are serving light sentences for minor crimes, and they come from poor backgrounds, with many being hill tribe women

Not too far from here, we make a stop at the most visited and most beautiful temple of Chiang Mai, Wat Phra Singh. The temple houses a significant Buddha statue: the Phra Buddha Sihing, which gives the temple its name

We continues to the outer circle of the centre, passing through a fresh and flower market where we see the most beautiful flowers of the North. This area is called the “China Town of Chiang Mai

We cycle further and cross the river and stop for another refreshment at a local market. Here we have more time to explain to you about and taste some exotic fruits,and/or local snacks. After this stop, we take a surprising route back to our office.