The road to Hang Dong has numerous outlets mostly specialising in woodcarving. Take this route if you want to look at two handicrafts one traditional, and the other highly commercialised and a fine 19 th century temple showing the spiritual origins of modern woodcarving. Return to Chiang Mai by following the banks of the River Ping. You may visit Wiang Kum Kam on the return leg. Many households in this village specialise in making traditional earthenware jugs for serving water.
Villagers turn pots on simple hand-driven wheels with an ease that tells of years of practice.
Go through the village and left to R 1269. Built around 1858, the temple served as a resting place for the Phra Boromathat Chom Thong relic when it was brought from Chom Thong to Chiang Mai. This temple is a wonderful example of Lanna wooden architecture of the last century. Note the decoration in the viharn and the detail in the cross shaped hall in the temple courtyard. After leaving Wat Inthrawat, go to Hang Dong and then to Ban Tawai.