My trip to Northern Thailand

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June 4th 2013

Published: June 5th 2013

Although I had been to Thailand before and had some idea of what to expect, arriving in Chiang Mai I couldn't help but notice more of a difference than I expected in comparison to Cambodia. Everywhere was generally cleaner, smarter and more developed than Phnom Penh and other places I have recently visited, which obviously, in the case of the latter, is due to the country's recent troubled... Read Full Entry

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Julia Bairstow

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I am about to spend six months volunteering in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Actually, the idea of this venture would never have come about had I not gone to a VSO meeting with a friend and then met someone on a walking group, who told me about this organisation, through which she had applied to work as a volunteer. After considerable thought, I decided that I would like to spend some time volunteering on a worthwhile overseas project and that following my retirement would be the right time to do this, as my younger daughter went off to university last year and my elder daughter is around to look aft... full info

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Women from the Karen Hill tribe weaving

This tribe originate from Myanmar (Burma) and earn their living from weaving and growing and selling agricultural products.

A typical house of the Karen hill tribe

A woman from the Mhong hill tribe doing embroidery

This tribe originate from China and have been settled in Northern Thailand for almost 100 years.

Lengths of hemp

The Mhong tribe weave this fabric which they then decorate with embroidery

Wat Suthep temple

This shows the 24 metre high gold plated chedi, topped by a five-tiered umbrella enshrining a famous Buddha relic.

View over Chiang Mai from Wat Suthep

Wat Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai

This probably collapsed during an earthquake in 1545 and has been partially restored to ensure it does not crumble further.

Wat Phan Tao temple

This is one of the oldest temples within the walls of Chiang Mai old town and is constructed out of teak

The Buddha inside Wat Phan Tao temple

A visit to an umbrella factory outside Chiang Mai

This woman is putting together the bamboo frame of the umbrella

Umbrellas being left out to dry

This factory makes umbrellas and fans out of sa paper, which is made from mulberry wood

A man painting the umbrellas

All the work in this factory is carried out by hand

Spinning silk by hand

Weaving the raw silk

Sankhampeng hot springs

There are many of these underground hot springs in Northern Thailand

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