today we are in the province of Lampang with a very specific mission
we are going to climb all the way to the top of one of Thailand's most
breathtaking temples we'll also head into town to experience some of the food and culture of Lampang
look at this breakfast I opted for "moo ping" grilled pork and sticky rice oh this is so hot
and i'm having "khai kra ta" which is
fried eggs with sausage ham and bread looks pretty good too eat up because we
will need all the energy today so we've been in lampang for a couple days now and we've
been staying at this cute kind of homey hotel called the Karpenter so our room
is very spacious very modern we've really been enjoying working in this room a lot and it was
only 1100 Baht per night and breakfast is also included in that price so we thought
that was amazing and it's conveniently located next to their cafe where they
are famous for croissants so we'll have to pick one or two of those up for the road
we are now at the parking lot where we need to I think pay and buy a ticket to go up to the temple
let's go get tickets
so I got the tickets 80 baht per person for the ride and 20 baht per person for the
entrance fee oh perfect and this is the truck we're taking yeah she said we have to wait 15
minutes I guess they don't want to just go with us they want to wait to see if they
have more customers I think that's probably very unlikely it is super quiet here I mean
there's like four cars only in the parking lot but it's also not a very popular place
for tourists to go even for thais I don't think it's a very popular place not a lot of people
know about this place yet but they will now want some ice cream this will help us with the hike
this looks good watermelon
hey choose one I think the tickets might have been more expensive for you
they didn't think that you're a foreigner that's why it's 100 baht oh really did
you see a different price yeah I think it might be 200 for foreigners
should we go tell them
well we didn't lie
we just didn't say anything so that's okay
the reason why it is really quiet here is not because people don't know about this place but
we were speaking to the driver and he was saying that they were closed during covid
twice and it's also rainy season landslides are happening too on this road and it's kind of out
of the way for people to come so if they come here and realize they can't go up then
they'll be really disappointed so there's like many factors for why people end up not showing
up here but today we have company yeah we have five people that just joined us
hang tight because we are climbing up real high
it is slippery though yeah it is slippery we have no grip
I have a tip for you because the ranger just told me make sure to walk on the car path
because you can see the road yeah it is covered by green moss it can be slippery oh just walk on
the car track so we are heading towards the Sky Pagoda which is only 840 meters up
how long do you think yeah how long do you think it'll take us 15 minutes
look we only have 540 meters left that was quick but now it's all uphill
and uh stairs we have to take the stairs the stairs look pretty intense
this hike is suitable for people with moderate to high level of fitness and ability wear sturdy
walking shoes Converse are pretty good what else return before five I guess it's really
dangerous if you are walking down here in the dark yeah I guess we don't have to hit the gym today
it's gonna be a workout
so we may think that these iron staircases are already super hard
and tiring to do but I actually read a story online that said the monks used to walk up the
forest to go to the temple at the top of the mountain because it holds a relic in there an
imprint of Buddha's foot so Buddhist monks would make their way like a pilgrimage to go all the way
up through like the jungle climb the rocks maybe even bare feet most likely bare feet yeah so this
is nothing to complain about right no I'm not complaining just need a little break that's all
this is taking longer than we expected I shouldn't have said only 840 meters because
it's not flat it's like this it's okay slowly but surely we'll make it up there
once you make it to the top you have to hit the giant gong
wow that's like the most powerful gong I ever heard I can feel it
like in my heart the vibration yeah you wanna try make it loud
we're here
wow
you can already see little pagodas down there this amazing view but there's still more to go up there
how incredible is this this is pretty amazing wow
look over there
are those pagodas or are they stupas or are they chedis
they are pagodas because the sign says pagodas
but I don't know the difference between the three I think chedi is more taller
or is it like something that houses a relic or something like that yeah and a stupa is not
sure like you can actually sit in there don't move don't move
oh it's a bee or is it a hornet hornet it's huge
do you know what a stupid is you
and take off your shoes here this is the second platform viewing platform
oh this one's beautiful I think this is where the relic is
I don't think I've seen another temple in Thailand
where the temple is actually right at the peak of the mountain the limestone mountain
so it's not a big place it's just kind of like scattered over the peaks which makes it
really unique and really cool to see the weather up here is so pleasant the mist is floating
passing us right now it's so beautiful as it kind of goes through the pagodas and the mountains
there's a pretty high chance that most of you who are watching the video are not going to make your
way here to Lampang just to visit this temple because it's further away from most things
like it's two and a half hours from the city of Chiang Mai we also don't know how you would
get here aside from driving your own yeah your own vehicle or hiring a private driver like if
you're trying to take like public transportation I don't think you'll be able to make it to this
temple so in case you don't come we thought it would be nice to show you what it looks like
after all that hiking i'm ready for snacks me too
5 baht each wow you got one of each yeah
and she will pour some syrup on it
it's like a grilled potato
it's different because they're like tiny pieces of taro not like the mushy type
it has that grilled taste and it's not too sweet
oh I love that it's shredded I love all the texture of it it's like nice and shredded
good start we have the whole street to explore as you can tell we are back in the city of Lampang now
and today there is a historic cultural walking street
which happens every Friday so we're here to check it out so far it looks pretty incredible
we already found in authentic snack just at the beginning and everything else smells amazing
we'll walk down here and try a couple more things and show you what the street is like
should we get some of these these are my favourite i don't know what they're called
there you go and then have to put the crispy garlic on top
so these are steamed rice flour dumplings and inside the filling is peanuts and cabbage
like vegetables right there's no meat in this no and you sprinkle the what is it
roasted fried I think it's fried garlic and a little bit of like a savory coconut milk
The filling is a little bit sweet but it's also savory like the coconut milk is savory
never seen it before yeah never seen it before let's try it
that's how you eat it you scoop it with the stick and you stuff it with radish garlic sesame
oh sugar cane syrup oh that's why the kids like it
that looks amazing so actually
it's pretty widely known in different places in China, in Isaan, in like many different
places but they're called different names but somehow we've never seen it before
so the flour itself doesn't have much taste it gives
the chewy texture but what you do is you fill it up with "chai po" which is the
what would you call this in English radish like this and then fried garlic
and roasted sesame seed
and the highlight is the sugar cane syrup
it's so good it's green because of the pandan this one blue because of the butterfly pea
flower and this one is pink because of what would it be Roselle I don't know
oh beetroot that's interesting it's only five baht each four for 20
eight for 40 and 12 for 60 wow you're really good at math
so after spending a couple days here we feel that it's not the most interesting province in
Northern Thailand but there are some cool kind of historic things to do and then there's that
amazing temple we went to earlier this morning so we'll continue exploring the
rest of the cultural street here thank you so much for joining us today in Lampang as
always thank you for watching have a wonderflo day see you in the next one bye-bye bloopers
wow you saved the camera you were really good
you okay yeah