Where the elephant lay down
May 4th 2008 "If you see one temple in Chiang Mai, make it Doi Suthep" I was told.
So I took the chance to head up to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep (about 15 km outside Chiang Mai city) with some other Spicythai'ers on the morning of my last full day in Chiang Mai.
In 1368 a monk brought a sacred relic he had discovered as the result of a dream to Northern Thailand. The King of the time placed it on the back of a
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