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December 16th 2006

Published: February 12th 2007

Which of these things does not belong? Mae Sot is a strange place. It seems like an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, forgotten town, with a couple of dozen streets woven together haphazardly just a few km east of the Burma border. There are a couple of Buddhist temples, a main street lined with mundane shops, and a busy market heaped with vegetables, fruit, fly-buzzed meat, and fishy fish. One ite... Read Full Entry

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Daniel Riegel

Out of Scope

I got tired of eating the usual every day, so I ordered a heaping plate of extraordinary. I'm that odd American you find in remote places among the Ozzys, Kiwis, Israelis and Europeans, taking a year to the travel. Half of the fun of traveling is telling people about it, so by reading my travel journal, you are helping me enjoy my trip, vicariously through you, who are encouraged to enjoy my trip vicariously through me... Or something. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the blog! Dan ... full info

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Pai Biker Gang

The off center photo is what you get when you set the timer in a hurry.

Be Slip Down!

A sign warning you not to do something or other at the waterfall.

Monk at waterfall

The saffron robes add an air of distinction to any photograph. Look for more such pictures coming up.

Pai Countryside

Serpentine Stair

Leading to a temple in the hills above Pai

Me with Elephant

Trying to feed him elephant grass. Little did I know, Elephants don't like leaves.

Elephant eating

She's munching on a banana tree here. Not the bananas from - I mean the trunk of a banana tree. This girl loved this stuff. You could see her eyes light up when the keeper gave it to her.

Pai Canyon

That's a real precipice behind me.

Pai Waterfall

Lots of photos with me in them... I guess that's because I actually had people with me.

Me with war wound

That's what my arm looked like after the skid out. Yeesh.

Fried Chickens' Feet, etc

This is a stand at the market in Mae Malai. Hungry?

Jurassic Green Beans

These bean pods were LITERALLY the size of your arm. Each bean the size of your thumb. Look at the table they're on. I don't know what you do with these, but they were AMAZING!

Me with Chinese Buddha

Yay!

Massive Buddha

In the hills above Tha Ton. It's even bigger than it looks, since Mike's standing well in front of it.

Tha Ton Countryside

Beautiful scenery

Giant Naga Hood Buddha

In Tha Ton. Don't know where they got all the money to build these.

On The Boat

To Chiang Rai, sitting transverse to the boat. It was surprisingly comfortable.

12th February 2007

eddie
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Expo Temple
Hi Daniel, Interesting blog. Just wanted to let you know that the temple at the Royl Flora Expo is actually a recreation of the old northern style royal palace rather than an actual temple. It would have been the place where the King met diplomats and advisors. That's the reason why you didn't see a Buddha statue there. It was built to showcase local artists and craftspeoples skills.

13th February 2007

Mom
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Stick insect and LOVED the orchids
Is the stick insect the form--appears a little bit gray-green--that's bisecting the phot horizontally? And you're right--I loved the orchids. Mom

14th February 2007

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Daniel Riegel

Thanks, Eddie!
Thank you for the clarification. That makes much more sense than than calling it a temple.

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