Temples, tea terraces and the Mekong, all within a morning of the hotel gate. Reception arranges cars, drivers and guides.
Chalermchai Kositpipat’s white glass temple, still unfinished after decades. Go at opening time, before the coaches.
Cobalt and gold, and a standing white Buddha. Small, close, and best in late afternoon light.
Thawan Duchanee’s dark teak compound of buffalo horn and animal hide. Strange, and worth the hour.
The royal villa and its terraced flower garden in the hills, cool enough for a jacket in the morning.
Where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet on the river. Longtail boats leave from Sop Ruak through the day.
Rows of tea over the hills at Mae Chan, with a tea house at the top. Early morning is the picture.
