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WAT?! ANOTHER CHEDI?! - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

5/23/2012

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On our first trip to this  Northern Thai City, the words Wat and Chedi became oh so familiar.  In Chiang Mai it seems, there is a "Wat" with it's accompanying "Chedi" around nearly every corner. I have to admit to looking up these words in the dictionary so I would be better able to recognize which was "Wat" and what was Chedi!  A Wat is a Buddhist monastry or temple, a Chedi (also known as a Stupa) is a "bell shaped tower or mound like structure containing Buddhist relics", Buddhism being the predominant religion in Thailand.


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  • THE BLOG
  • ABOUT/CONTACT ME
  • AROUND SINGAPORE
    • SINGAPORE, THE FIRST FEW WEEKS
    • THE MARINA BAY AREA
    • CHINA TOWN AND THE QUAYS
    • EMERALD HILL
    • OUR KIDS COME TO SINGAPORE - MAY 2012
    • BUGIS, SINGAPORE
    • FOOD, CURIOUS FOOD >
      • POMELO FRUIT
      • MARVELOUS MANGOSTEEN
      • RICE DUMPLINGS
      • THAI CUSTARD APPLE
  • BEYOND SINGAPORE
    • SILK FACTORY AND UMBRELLA VILLAGE
    • THAI MARKETS
    • THAI COOKING CLASS
    • BHUPING PALACE
    • WAT CHEDI LUANG
    • LAMPHANG
    • DOI SUTHEP TEMPLE, CHIANG MAI
    • CAMBODIA - MAY 2012 >
      • TA PROHM TEMPLE
    • BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 2012
    • MAUI, HI - JULY 2012
    • DUBAI, UAE - MARCH 2013
    • KOH SAMUI - THAILAND, MARCH 2013
    • CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 2013
    • BALI, INDONESIA - JUNE 2013
    • NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND - OCT 2013
    • HOI AN, VIETNAM - MAY 2014
    • QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 2015
    • TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 2016
    • MALTA - OCT 2016