It's not so easy today to find authentic scenes of life of Chiang Mai's past. But in Wat Kate, on the East bank of Ping river, there are places, where time seems to stand still. Wat Kate วัดเกตุ community has been trading on Ping River for 500 years. Therefore the architecture is multicultural with Western, Chinese and ethnic influences as Haw Chinese and Khmu. So you find Chinese shop houses, Christian churches, colonial style schools and traditional Lanna buildings, the Dara Academy โรงเรียนดาราวิทยาลัย and the victorian buildings of Prince Royal College and also the around 140 years old wooden house of Doctor Chinda Singhanetre. The RarinJinda Resort has conserved it in its traditiona style and is using the upper floor for traditional Thai massage. Read more here.




























Wat Kate was also the site of Borneo Company Limited, which had a concession from The Chiang Mai King for 100 years for teak wood. Read the blog of tourcm.blogspot.com

There is a plan of Chiang Mai City, to put Wat Kate into a zone for commerce and construction, where residents are opposiong, as The Nation noted.


Wat Kate Ka Ram: See the Gallery of Ram J.



















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Wat Ged Museum: At the back of Wat Kate. Owned by 87 years old Jack Bain, whos Scottish father married a Thai. A lot of things from the past life as the first bank notes of Thailand, textiles, ceramics, old grammophones, and, and, and. Read more at Chiangmainews.com