Blogs from Chiang Rai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 34

Still hanging around in Chaing- Rai, coming up to my 5th day here. I bumped in to the 3 German guys that I left behind in Ayutthaya, and together with another German girl and 2 other German boys, we signed up for a trek. I know, I know, I was supposed to go with the doctor, but he didn't respond to my email until it was too late, so I missed that chance. Will probably do it some other time, when I return to Thailand. To start by telling a bit more about the trek.....hmmmm....it wasn't the easiest of treks, and he said so himself. It was more a medium, to hard trek, and he took us to places where there are normally no tourists. It was well nice, and I througroughly enjoyed it, although I ... read more

well, i've been back now from chiang rai for a couple of days now and i have to say there are some key differences between chiang rai and chiang mai. First, there is less traffic and pollution in chiang rai and thus i felt compelled to rent a motorbike at jess's encouragement. i only fell off it once but it doesn't really count because we were stopped. she just happened to get off when i wasn't prepared and the bike came toppling down on me and i came toppling down onto a nearby garbage can! and then as i tried to lift the bike off me with it still on i accidently revved the gas and was running down the street holding onto it! quite embarrasing and a lot of people were staring but after lunch ... read more

Aux alentours de la mi novembre, j'ai fait un petit tour dans le 'golden triangle' qui porte son nom pour les raisons suivantes : 1) c'est la ou il est des cultures massives d'opium (d'ou golden) 2) c'est la jonction, autour du Mekong, des trois pays suivants : laos, birmanie et thailande (d'ou triangle) Pas grand chose a dire la dessus, quelques photos tout au plus .. apres, retour a chiang mai. Ah, non, on a pas fume d'opium.... read more

I got to the bus station in Chiang Rai with 4 swiss guys and we got a Soungthew (shared Taxi) to Chian House - which was a wonderful place with a pool and very relaxed cafe. The swiss guys headed off to Laos early the next morning, when at breakfast I met up with 4 Canadians and we went horse riding for the day: First we got taken to the army base, where we picked up the horses. I had only been riding once before, but after my travels I have become pretty confident with things, even if I don't know how to do them. We had a great day riding by the river, and climbing up many steps to a Stupa on a hill. I was trying quite a lot to get my horse to ... read more