Feels like we stepped into the future!
November 5th 2006 Thailand is about 10 years ahead of Laos in everything. Almost shocking getting back to year 2006!
2 days on a wooden bench on a boat, and 8 hours on a bus travelling from Laos and we're in Chiang Mai. It's the biggest city we've been in since Bangkok. However Chiang Mai has about 1/100th of the population (120 000 people vs Bangkok's 10 million people). The Northern climate here is cooler her
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