All watted out in Chiang Mai?
If you’re going on a holiday in Northern Thailand, you may want to consider a 3-day/2 night terracotta workshop in Mae Rim, a small town just 30 minutes away from the popular resort city of Chiang Mai. This is a definitely viable alternative, especially if you are ‘all watted out” (translation, you’ve seen too many temples) and you’ve shopped until you’ve dropped. Admittedly, Chiang Mai has her fair share of Wats including the magnificent Doi Suthep Temple and Pagoda just outside the city and with the night bazaar and the many different artisan factory outlets in the area, Chiang Mai deservedly earns her reputation as Handicraft Central. Taken everything into consideration, the Terracotta workshop might be exactly what the doctor ordered, especially if you’re artistically inclined. Accommodations are on site at the artist’s lovely Lanna style teak house. In Thailand this is what they call a ‘homestay” - your accommodations are in somebody’s house. While you’re in Mae Rim, you might also want to visit the Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens in nearby Mae Sa Valley in addition to taking a trek into the mountains, riding an elephant. My associate, Fatcheek, stayed at the Terracotta Workshop-Homestay last summer and she has written a very interesting story about her experience there.
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