The bus takes Highway 1 (Thanon Phaholyothin) which is the main road out of Chiang Rai towards Mae Sai and takes around 20-25 minutes before you reach the drop-off point for the Black House. You will travel past Chiang Rai University on the left-hand side and approximately 5 minutes after that the bus will stop on the side of the road and the conductor will tell you ‘Baan Dam’ and you’ll see the lane you need to walk along. You then have two options depending on whether you want to enter via the back or front entrance to Baan Dam (the shorter route is to the back entrance). If you walk along the lane for about 50 metres you will see the temple-like structure of Baan Dam come into view above the trees to your left. You’ll also see a sign (pictured below) which has the number 13 on it. The writing is all in Thai, but what you need to know is that this is Soi 13 and leads to the back entrance of Baan Dam.