Nan Pictures

Nan Thailand

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The small provincial town of Nan is, like most of northern Thailand inhabited by very friendly and helpful people ready to chat to visitors. Like most other towns it is also noticeably clean and tidy.

There are not however many sights to see, apart from a well organised museum with explanations in good English and some nice pagodas. As always the monks are a delight to speak with. 

Wat Phra That Chang Khan

Wat Phumin is unusual in that the pagoda has four entrances and large Buddha images face each entrance. So the faithful are met with a Buddha facing them no matter which entrance they use.

There were plenty of street stalls to eat from but few well established restaurants. We did however find one with a good menu on the river bank well away from the town centre. It served excellent food and had very welcoming staff but it didn't have an English name.

The trekking scene is not well developed in Nan despite the town being surrounded by deeply forested mountains. Chiang Mai is really the trekking centre of northern Thailand.