White Temple, Chiang Rai

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I’ve seen my fair share of temples around Southeast Asia but the one I’ve been dying to see is the Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Chalermchai Kositpipat’s masterpiece is the most magnificent, strange and beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

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The Heaven part of Chiang Rai

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Here’s a short video I took walking in.

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INSANE DETAILS!

You have to walk through “Hell” to get to “Heaven”.

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Creepy, cool surprises

There are 2 parts of the Wat Rong Khun, the temple and Kositpipat’s gallery. Unfortunately they don’t allow photo taking in the gallery but you can imagine how inspired and magical his art is. Below are some prints I bought at the gift shop.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIEf0GzhXrU/?taken-by=biankaismad


The Old St.

Colon is said to be the oldest street in the Philippines, rooted after Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in the Philippines in 1565. I go to Colon every so often and whenever I’m there I get to see something new or different about it. My favorite parts are the intersections in the center of Colon because it epitomizes how busy the area is. I enjoy seeing large groups of people crossing the street because it makes the area feel so alive. Like Divisoria in Manila, it is a place for shopping and services. You can get anything from street fruit shakes, shoelaces, 2nd hand clothes and DVDs to 1×1 photos and rubber stamps.

I did timelapses of my favorite pedestrian intersections in the center of Colon.