Chiang Mai — Wat Phra Singh

The real place

Wat Phra Singh stands at the western end of Ratchadamnoen Road in Chiang Mai’s old city. Its Wihan Lai Kham houses the revered Phra Phuttha Sihing statue. On Sundays, the street in front becomes part of the Walking Street market.

Sound

Traffic in the old town, birds in the temple trees, the hubbub of the Sunday market.

What happens in the scene

• Visitors cross the courtyard, go round the monument and enter the halls during opening hours.
• When a storm breaks, visitors shelter inside until it passes.
• Red songthaew shared taxis drive along the street.
• On Sunday afternoons and evenings, stalls set up for the Walking Street; the mountains fade with haze and rain.