Wat Suthep is one of the North's most sacred temples. It sits atop Doi Suthep's summit and if you have car sickness like myself, you will find this drive in a Taxi quite nauseating! Once you reach the summit you have another 306 steps to climb before you actually reach the temple.
The temple was first established in 1383 under King Keu Naone and has a really mystical birth story. A visiting monk from Sukhothai instructed the Lanna king to take the twin of a miraculous relic to the mountain and establish a temple. The relic was mounted on the back of a white elephant, which was allowed to wander until it 'chose' a site on which a wát could be built to enshrine it. The white elephant stopped and died at a spot on Doi Suthep, where the temple was built in the Year of the Goat.
The beginning of 306 stairs...
Almost there...
One of the many little girls on the way up to the temple.
Made it to the top!
The view from the top!
A-monk-st the clouds!
Young boys playing traditional Thai music
Girls performing traditional Thai dance
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