Golden Triangle, Akba-tribe village & very short Laos visit


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September 9th 2003
Published: November 23rd 2013
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Golden Triangle, Thailand
The Golden Triangle is the location in the north of Thailand at the border of Myanmar and Laos. The name comes from the fact that the opium that was cultivated there, was paid with gold, hence the name...

We visited a village of the Akba-tribe.

Besides that, we briefly visited Laos. In fact, at the Golden Triangle you can cross the Mekong river to enter Laos. Once you're there you have to pay an arrival tax (this was to be expected ;-). So technically spoken, I can say that I've been to Laos... But in reality there was not much to see. Besides a little shop there was a post office "from where you can send a postcard to your home". We were tempted, but until now we are still waiting for the postcard to arrive.

We bought some snake-whiskey at Laos. If you look closely, you'll see a cobra inside the bottle. According to the locals, snake-whiskey "has a healing effect on a lot of things". I remember drinking just a little bit of it, tasted very bitter... But I have to admit, that 10 years later, it is still fun to mention that once you've drunk snake-whiskey...


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