We took Cathay pacific airplane to Chiang Mai, it took around 4 hours to reach there. The airport in Chiang Mai is really very small, around half of SG Terminal 1 airport. There is only like 3 to 5 different countries' airplanes in the airport at that time. So it was very easy to locate our tour guides and other people in the bus. The moment I was out of the airport gantry, there is the local people wearing traditional Thai costumes to welcome us and gave a small batch of flower. Most of the time, I was not having the camera so don't have much good photo. (My dad hold on to the camera so long until I took over it sometimes, desired for photos! :p)

First pit stop of the day after checking in the hotel was temple (双龙峙)

The four of us stopped in the beginning of the steps to take photo. Like doing fashion show. After walking endless count of steps, finally reached the top of the hill. There is an alternative way to get up to the temple instead of walking the stairs, which is use a direct elevator but need to pay like S$2. That elevator is a definitely "no way" to me!

The gate of the temple is just the beginning of the holding area, the whole area is so big until is like walking at the open space of orchard ion. Walking around inside the temple is just like walking in a maze of Buddhas around you.

The moment we were inside of the temple, time to pray le! Pray with all your wishes and see whether is our prayers being answered. And there is a lot of bells along the side of the temple, I went to hit all of the bells there and started the noisy pollution. Totally suddenly disturb the peaceful quiet in the place :p

Is nobody noticed it or don't bother to hit the bells? The moment I did that, everyone else followed me.

There is a gigantic bell display at one of the resting hut, it was donated by an Singaporean who stayed in Tampines. The weather was so good, it was like close to 17 to 20 Degree Celsius in the afternoon. We also saw what the monks do in the temple, like study time for the young monks conducted by the older monks.

Next pit stop was the village that grows opium which used to be the drug trading growing ground. It is located at the other hill quite close to the temple. We need to take a van that has 4X4 rally power to get there. Disturbing my cousins with camera! The bumpy car ride nearly made me hit the roof of the van.

Last pit stop for the day was our dinner place called Kantoke palace.
The place was filled with a lot of tourists when the moment we went in. It served the popular expensive Thai cuisine that was being served to the nobles in the palace. There was like around 8 different dishes of food, which can be refill non stop until you eat until shiok! There was also performance around for 1 hour plus, but I was too engrossed with the food. Probably because this was best meal I had for the day, result of being too hungry throughout the journey.

Time to head back to the hotel and get changed to go for night market shopping. There is shopping mall near my hotel and within walking distance there is flea market. Trying to buy something back to SG. Went back hotel around 10 plus at night but my cousins and I were hungry, so I decided to explore for food on my own as it was super cool at night around 10 to 12 Degree Celsius. After awhile of wondering around, my uncle joined me to buy food and drinks too with 2 of my cousins. Ended up, I bought pocky, chips, seaweeds and drinks back. I even bought beers with my uncle and tried the local beer. After filling our stomach craving and went all tucked in the bed as next morning we needed to get up before 7am. TATA! Bed time! Can't waited for the next day activities.