Chiang Khan Slow Life Review: Living Slowly in Chiang Khan

Two Chinese-Thai friends who had been exchanging postcards for almost a year but had never met in person decided to take a long trip to northern Isan. One of them had always wanted to visit Chiang Khan and was determined to go, while the other was easygoing and also wanted to go.
One of them was an expert on finding cheap accommodation and transportation, as well as using Google Maps.
The other was the safest motorcycle rider in Thailand, riding at 40 km/h throughout the trip.

Please follow along. The photos may not be very beautiful, and the information may not be very detailed, but the fun we had is more than what you would expect from two strangers meeting for the first time.

Camera equipment
Fuji X-E2 + 35 F1.4
Canon 750D + 18-55
Gopro Hero Silver
Edited a little bit according to my taste

Chiang Khan Slow Life Review: Living Slowly in Chiang Khan [5-8 Jan 2016] EP.1
Chiang Khan Slow Life Review: Living Slowly in Chiang Khan [5-8 Jan 2016] EP.2
Chiang Khan Slow Life Review: Living Slowly in Chiang Khan [5-8 Jan 2016] EP.3
Chiang Khan Slow Life Review: Living Slowly in Chiang Khan [5-7 Jan 2016] EP.4 Final Episode with Expenses

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Visiting Chiang Khan requires a slow pace of life, because the attractions are charming.

Visiting Chiang Khan, you must come and find the cats because they are adorable.

Visiting Chiang Khan is best done with friends, as the charm of this place might make you feel "lonely".

10.00 a.m.

Natcha Farm

While driving, we passed a small flower farm, so we stopped to take some pictures. The entrance fee was 20 baht.

The farm is divided into two equal parts, one for cosmos flowers and the other for marigolds.

It was so much fun taking pictures because the whole farm was just for the five of us. 555

11:00 AM

Koodkoo Rapids

Another landmark of Chiang Khan that everyone visits, including us. From what we saw on the Thai travel show,

Walking down from the parking lot, there are sheds and stacks of bamboo mats. There are many papaya salad shops, but only three are open now. I don't know which one is delicious.

Based on nonsensical logic, we opted for a cot with a large Winnie-the-Pooh doll leaning against a pole. An auntie approached with a menu, and we ordered papaya salad.

(I don't know what it is, but I know it has fish sauce and some strange eggplants) Nile tilapia tom yum (It looks safer because I know it better than Mekong fish)

And a huge grilled fish (it even hangs out of the plate) with two small sticky rice baskets.

This food isn't buffet, but the restaurant is very much buffet-style. You can sit for as long as you want (the whole pavilion only has 4 occupied tables out of almost a hundred).

We can move anywhere. After eating, the table is dirty, so let's move. Choose any doll you want, Winnie the Pooh, Minion, Doraemon.

Sleeping comfortably with a view of the Mekong River, the gentle breeze makes me not need a single fan. I'm so happy! I eat well and sleep well.

(Deep sleep without returning, things are lost)

2:30 PM.

Phra Phutthabat Phu Kwai Ngern Temple

My friend likes rabbits and wants to come. We saw a review on Twitter and want to see it.

Our little motorbike slowly climbed the hill to the temple. We didn't see any rabbits yet, but the temple was beautiful and simple. We stopped to pay our respects to the Buddha and gilded the replica of the Buddha's footprint.

Looking left and right, I still couldn't find a single rabbit. So I asked the grandmother who was taking care of them where the rabbits were, along with some interesting facts before seeing the rabbits.

This temple has a lot of rabbits because the abbot of the temple (not sure if it's the current one) was born in the year of the rabbit, so he raised a lot of rabbits.

It's not a lot because we brought a lot, it's a lot because it reproduces very quickly.

Before meeting the rabbits, we each bought a bunch of water spinach from the temple to give to them as an offering.

As soon as the cage was opened, the rabbits, all ten of them, ran towards each other without fear of being stepped on. We had to carefully find a place to sit on the large rocks.

As soon as they sat down, the rabbits swarmed the water spinach and ate it with gusto, so much so that their friend had to run out and buy more.

And that's it, half a hundred gone. Both humans and rabbits were delighted, but there was also a family of mother hens in the rabbit cage. They were a minority group of 1 family.

A little further up, the temple also has a viewpoint, but it's a bit overgrown. You can see a distant view of the city.

4.00 p.m.

Love shop @ Chiang-Khan

Driving down from Phu Khao Yaen, I came across this coffee shop along the Mekong River. It looked newly opened, and the barista seemed to be still looking at the recipe. 555

This is a coffee shop that doesn't need air conditioning. The shop is the widest, with a view of the Mekong River in front, the ceiling is the sky, and behind the shop is a wide lawn.

Relaxing with a cup of coffee, cool breeze, beautiful view (with lots and lots of woodpeckers)

5:00 PM

Mekong Riverside Road

Before returning to my accommodation, I took a walk to the multipurpose court opposite the temple and took photos of the sky as it turned orange.

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