Chiang Dao -- A Beautiful Place

It's evening and the sun has set behind this huge mountain range that I stare at from the porch of the round house in which I am temporarily staying.  This place is heaven.  Our host, Maggie, has fulfilled her dream to make this place and it is really special.  The houses are made of cob (a combination of rice hulls and hay mixed with lime and other things to make a sort of mortar I think).  I'm still working on that, but look it up.  In any case the buildings are very cool and the village, Chiang Dao Cave Village is also lovely.  Oh, the cave!  The cave goes deep into one of the huge mountains and is also a temple with  Buddhas and statues throughout the part with lights along with the requisite stalactites and stalagmites. If you want to go further than the (approximate) 1/4 mile into the cave, it's not lit and you have to have a guide and crawl through some small spaces.  Needless to say, I didn't do that, but went as far as I could. 
Maggie lives here with her three dogs and two cats and brought me along on her dog walking expedition the day we arrived here.  So Cloey, Moomoo, and Lucy piled into the back of Maggie's truck and we rode to a place down a dirt road and then hiked past orchards, fields and forests for an amazing view as the sun was setting.  This place is very special and on my list of places that I'd like to visit again . . . and maybe again! 

inside the cave

Inside the cave

Temple in the Cave

Around the Cave

At the Market - Something you Ingest?

A Little Helper

And Some T-shirts




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