Golden Triangle, Laos and Long Necks
December 13th 2005 What a day...14 hours of touring the Northern most region of Thailand. I joined a few other travelers and drove to the northern point of Thailand where it meets with Laos and Burma and is called the Golden Triangle. It got it's name from the furious optium trade back in the day where the currency wasn't dependable so Gold was the only way to properly buy the drug in large quantity. Today it's a
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