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 Akha mothers with their babies by Rodan44
Over 100 years ago, the Hilltribe peoples migrated south from China into what are now Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. The six major tribes are the Karen (Kariang, Yang), the Hmong (Meo), the Yao (Mien), the Akha (Ekaw), the Lisu (Lisaw), and the Lahu (Mussur). The main profession of all these tribes is farming, and all of them tend to migrate whenever they feel that the soil at their present location is becoming depleted. Each tribe is distinct, with its own culture, religion, language, art, and dress. With Thailand undergoing rapid modern development, it is difficult yet to say whether these tribes will continue in their traditional ways of life, or whether they will eventually be assimilated into mainstream Thai society.
When visiting a hilltribe village, remember show the utmost respect to your hosts and do not treat them like a human zoo. It is recommend to present small gifts or money to villagers who show you their homes or allow you to photograph them. Leave a Comment
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We stop at Chiang Saen which is on the river bank of Mekong River.
Here we paid THB400 for an optional one hour boat ride to visit the Golden Triangle which is the point where the 3 countries of Thailand, Laos and Burma converge.
The motor boat made a brief stop on an island at Laos where we could purchase some souvenirs made by the locals.
A brief stop was made at the Burma border to the Casino built in partnership with the Chinese Thai businessmen and Burma businessmen.
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The Golden Triangle is in Chiang Rai province, in the far north of Thailand. It is the meeting point of three countries: Laos, Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand.
There is a huge golden Buddha statue on a large boat-shaped structure facing the converging point on Thailand’s land.
At the jetty, there is a very nice little cafe that serves very nice Arabic coffee. You could also buy some local oranges which makes very good fruit juices.
Take a boat ride across to a small island belonging to Laos. No passport or visa for Laos is required to make this trip. Technically you are in Laos and you can claimed to have visited the country but you are not allowed to enter into the rest of Laos from the island without a visa.
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When you like nature, silence, health and natural wellbeing, you should make an excursion to the San Kamphaeng Hot water spring. This beautifull parc with plenty of trees, flowers and picnicking space, is situated about 25 km east from Bo Sang. (The Umbrella village) Bosang is about 20 km east from Chiang Mai.
It is easily to do, when for example you'll visit Bo Sang and some handycraft centers on this road in the morning, and in the afternoon the hot springs for relaxing.
You can take a dive in the hotwater swimming pool,but attention, the water is somewhat more then 40°C., so go slowly inside to pool. Once in the hot water; just relax under the hot waterfall.
Entrance fee is not expensive, every Thai family will buy at the entrance some eggs and borrow a basket to boil some eggs for lunch. When you are travelling with 5-6 persons, you can rent also a privat big bathroom and have a closed hot water bath and relax. (200 bath/hr.) Address: East from Bo Sang.Directions: When leaving Bo Sang, direction San Kampaeng, turn to left, direction north to Huai Kaoo.
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 Point where Thailand, Laos &
Myanmar meet by Rodan44
On our journey, we passed through Chiang Rai and visited a nearby Akha hilltribe village. We also visited the ancient temple ruins of Wat Jadeeloung in Chiang Saen. At the Golden Triangle border area itself, we visited the interesting Opium Museum, took a boat ride across the river to a tourist village in Laos, and then crossed a bridge at Mae Sai into Tachilek, Myanmar (see my Tachilek page for details of this side-trip).
Although the trip was quite long and exhausting (probably makes more sense to start from Chiang Rai which is much closer), it was still an incredible journey and well worth the effort. Leave a Comment Directions: 5 hour drive north of Chiang Mai, near Chiang Saen / Mae Sai
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There are two elephant shows in Chiang Mai and we did both:
1. Chiang Dao elephant show, then bamboo rafting, then lunch, then elephant ride, then ox-car ride. All this in the same camp, then we went to an orchird farm and we were returned by 5 pm more or less.
2. Maesa Camp elephant show. It's a half day tour and they also take you to an orchid farm.
The first tour is much better because you have many activities in only one place, the show is very entertaining and cute, the paintings were beautiful. The bamboo rafting is very pleasant, calm and relaxing. The lunch was fine and the farm wonderful. Ah!!! and the ride was very exciting took almost 1 hour.
But the elephant show in Maesa is better, the camp is closer to the city, more organized and clean and have more elephants. The elephants are much better take care and have better painting skills, the painting were much beautiful and of course more expensive. In Chiang Dao cost between 600 and 900 bath and in Maesa cost between 900 and 2000 bath. Here in Maesa if you want an elephant ride you have to pay for it. You go there just to see the elephant show but if you want to do other things better if you go to Chiang Dao; but if you have time or love elephants then go for both like us and when we did Maesa, the other half day we went to Samkamphaen Street to see the umbrellas, silver, lackware, handicrafts and of course silk.
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Pong Num Ron Market is a very touristy place.
There are many shops where you could purchase the tribal handmade arts and craft or souvenirs. Buy some oranges, sweet, snacks, fruits as the day journey will be long.
Try the freshly brewed Arabic coffee and BBQ Chicken thighs which are very good breakfast.
A speciality is the local whisky. There are many animals that are killed and used to soak into the whisky. If you have the guts and dont mind being tipsy give the local whisky a try. Leave a Comment
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We head to Golden Iyara Resort for our lunch. It was more of a buffet place for the tourist.
I had my first western meal over here. The spaghetti is handmade by the chef and you can help yourself with the sauce. You could have the noodles with soup and meat balls or with spaghetti sauce.
Pineapple is my favorite fruit in Thailand. I had a big helping of those delicious and juicy pineapples. Leave a Comment
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 The freshly painted parasols
are drying in the sun by Tedsocoa, 4 more photos
9 km east from Ch.M. It is the center of Thaïland of umbrella and parasol making. Arriving in the village of Bo Sang, you can visit a production center of parasols, handmade from bambou and inpregnated paper.
The are all handpainted in colorful images of flowers and birds.
When going around a bit outside the village, you can see many small houses, where all the family is preparing these parasols in the gardens to be sold in one of the many shops on the mainroad. Address: The east exit road 1006Directions: Follow the roadsigns, direction San Kamphaeng.
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 View of Burma (L) and Laos (R)
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