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 Karen ethnic minority women
chat over morning fire by GenuinelyCurious
For instance, these ladies gathered up after morning chores around a fire to shoot the breeze and smoke a cheroot while the men are out in the fields.
They are Ka'ren who wear white until they're married (when they wear red). Note the ear-to-ear jewelry on the lady on the left. It's rare to see that ancient way of life up close in the bigger cities, like Chiang Mai. This village was one of the Queen's favorite. She has set it up as a no-development zone - essentially, a government-inspired eco-tourist site.
The trek ends up with a couple of other touristy activities that are nonetheless fun - an elephant ride and a rafting trip were a couple of those. I got one MORE activity that's apparently uncommon - the night trek. My guide, our camp host and their friend all donned headlamps and broke out muzzle-loading rifles to go hunting the 2nd night. Our catch? One frog.
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 Elephant ride by kyoub
They brought in two elephants and put seats on their backs, while we waited. We climbed up the stairs to reach their height and got on. Each had a driver and they took us down a stream, across a field and back. What fun.
After we got off we got to feed them bananas. Leave a Comment Phone: (66 )075 621 157Other Contact: noseyparker@yahoo.com
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 Stupa on the Top by kyoub
There is a 985 ft staircase that leads to the top.
When you get to the top of the 1237 steps,
there is a large Buddha image on top of the cliff and some fantatic views. Leave a Comment Other Contact: Krabi
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One thing to pay attention on are leeches, snakes and eliphants. We encountered several snakes for example at Doi Inthanon, Khao Nur Chuchi during our stay, and you better count on them! Leeches where a problem in several parts in Khao Nur chuchi, in the more wetter parts of the rainforest!
Eliphants we almost ran into a group of these wonderfull animals late at night at Khao Yai, and if the brakes where not that good we hade a large problem! Leave a Comment
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 Big Buddha near Ban Krut by rui_bijie
Nice sights around: Huai Yang National Park, Bo Thong Lang bay, Wat Tham Ma Rong with its cave Nam Thip, numerous plantations, and a very modern Wat (mixed Thai-Indian-European (!) style) with a huge Buddha (photo - for size comparison: on the left side you can see my boyfriend)
Ban Had Ressort - nice Bungalows (300 Baht/day) underneath coconut palms;
drank some chinese alcohol with the owners of the ressort Tu & Sepp @:-)
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 Nam Thip caves by rui_bijie
When we arrived at the sign "Ask here for light", nobody was there. After waiting a while and looking around we donated the 20 Baht into the wooden box and switched on the light for the caves ourselves. (Note: This could be tricky since you can never be sure whether you switch the light ON or OFF. If there are already people inside ...)
Ask the locals how to get there (e.g. Tu and Sepp from the Ban Hat Ressort in Ban Krut) Leave a Comment
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 Me and Ziggy my Golly by shelnlin
Unfortunately for me I was ill, so ill in fact for the first three days my husband thought I was just constipated and maybe my tummy was trying to adjust to the yummy Cusine but no I actually had a terrible bout of Food poisioning and was very very sick and was loosing so much pottasium in my body that I had to be admitted to the Pattaya International Hospital (also known as the Hospital in the Park). From the moment I arrived I was promptly seen to by one of the porters who put me into a wheelchair straight away (I could hardly stand up) and then before I knew a Doctor was seeing me and asking me questions and had organised for me to have a series of blood tests etc... all which confirmed that my potassium levels were low and that I was extremely dehydrated. I was also told that they wanted to keep me in as well and after I had all the tests done and a drip attached to my arm I was then admitted and sent upstairs.
My room was lovely which over looked the park and I had my own private room with it's own bathroom and tolietres. I also had a nice little sofa and a television in where my bed was.
As I got better I was able to choose food from their restaurant as if I was in a Hotel and from what I saw they had a very comprehensive menu. Unfortunately for me I could only stick to their Chicken Noodle soup which I must say was very good as it had a nice broth and skinless chicken pieces in it with spaghetti noodles. I can only imagine what the rest of the menu tasted like but it all sounded very nice.
The staff here were excellent and I can certainly reccomend this Hospital to anyone who may unfortunately get sick whilst in Pattaya. The Thai people are beautiful people in my eyes anyway and going to this Hospital reconfirmed to me how lovely their culture really is. Leave a Comment
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 Lunch on a River Raft by AlbuqRayLeave a Comment
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