Golden Triangle

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

September 9th 2003
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 ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern Thailand » Chiang Saen

A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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Kurt

Kurt de Gante

Hello everybody, I'm Kurt, nearly 40 years old and living in Belgium. I always wanted to see the world and explore other countries. Until now I've done a few -rather small- journeys. But to my feeling there are still a lot to places to explore ;-) I'm the kind of traveller that has done a different kind of trips: in group, alone, with some friends, with my wife (and kids), multiple day trekking in the mountains, city-trips, cultural trips, lazy vacations, ... For the moment, my kids are too young to take them far abroad. That's why -in 2011- I decided to write down some of my travel-e... full info

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