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This day is a lot of driving, over 6 hours total in the bus and the trip
takes from the
Grand
Vista hotel to
Karen Long Neck Village, Mai Sae og til
slutt Sop Ruak where Mae Khong river meats The Ruak river. Then a swift trip
to Laos. before going back to
Chiang Mai. Here is a map of Thailand. We
visited the Northernmost tip of the country where the three countries
Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet. |
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Our hotel in Chiang Rai.
The Siam Bank next door to the
Grand
Vista hotel. |
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The
Karen Long Neck Village,
an overview map. The neck laces are actually
quite heavy, up to 2 kgs and made as spiral. |
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One of the huts.
The workshop is part of their house. |
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For some odd reasons, these tribal
folks are not allowed to make anything but scarf.
One of their simple living huts. |
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Lovely long neck lady with her
little daughter. Martin is getting old and need
a rest. |
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One of the locals.
She is quite cute. |
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Lai and the local girl.
The stand for selling some fruit and scarf. |
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Stairs taking us back to where we
came from. The main street. |
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Happy long neck girl or
so it looks.
Then we went to the
Northernmost Point in Thailand. Lai and Martin. |
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Martin is buying a
shirt from
The Golden Triangle. Harry and his Thai wife
Sompond. |
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Martin with his new
Golden Triangle shir Burma or Myanmar on the
other side. |
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On the road for a lunch
stop. Seated at the restaurant, all 23 of us,
including guide and driver. |
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The empty chair before
our arrival. Berit is enjoying a beer. Next to
her is the husband, Hans Petter. |
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Down to the river to go
to Laos. The gate at the river side. |
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Monument telling that
three country meet. Laos, Burma and Thailand.
Golden Buddha on the Thai side. |
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The river bed.
The gangway down to the boats. |
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The Golden Buddha seen
from the river. The Laotian side. |
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The entrance on the
Laotian side. Guns and knives are not allowed,
as if the criminals would care. |
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One of the river boat
transporting silt from the river. Poul and
Martin is having a beer break. |
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Poul and Martin.
Lai and Martin with their newly bought shirts. |
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Happy couple, Lai and
Martin. Shopping areas are plentiful. |
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Monks are omnipresent,
also in Laos. Overlooking the mighty Mekong
river. |
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Powerful V8 is powering
the long tail boats. A big hotel is under
construction near the river. |
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Our ferry.
The Thai flag. |
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Another transport on
the river. Back on Thai soil. |
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Our tour guide, Chai.
Another Buddhist shrine of sorts. |
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Lai and Martin in front
of the temple. |
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Liv our Norwegian tour
guide. In the evening, we arrived back to Chiang
Mai and went to a restaurant. Seen here is Liv, our Norwegian tour guide.
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Lai and Martin at the
dinner table. |
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