... up on the same bus as our old friend Andrew (which is a pretty big coincidence as there are buses every hour). MaeHongSon is a stunning example of how beautiful the Burmer border region of Thailand is and that's a definitely worth a visit. ...
... to swim in, but nice to look at scramble over the rocks for a little while anyway. Finally we visited Tham Pla, or 'FishCave'. The cave itself isn't that impressive but the fish swimming about in the natural spring at the cave mouth and in the stream ...
... so didn't have to do separate tours from Pai or MaeHongSon to see the tourist spots.
Firstly, the route from Chiang Mai to MaeHongSon (with Pai in between) has 1864 s-bends on the road!!!! So as the crow flies it does not seem far but it taked ...
Eight hours and 1548 turns later, we arrived at MaeHongSon. We thought there would be more tourists, but they all seem to stop at Pai. We were met at the bus station by Chan, who should us a great little guesthouse to stay in and who was also one of ...
We are in MaeHongSon in Northern Thailand, sitting on a wooden balcony outside our $10 room (with both kids fast asleep - we don't get this kind of luxury in waking hours!!) looking at the lights of the temple reflect in the town lake while sipping on ...
... mas al norte de Tailandia.
Aqui alquilamos una moto semi-automatica con la que visitamos lo tipico a visita en este lugar:
-la Fishcave, un pequeno "agujero" lleno de gordos, muy gordos peces: estos se "reunen" en este punto pues les gusta la ...
... or just to watch the process. After about 30 minutes we were on our way and eventually we arrived in MaeHongSon.
We rented a moterbike and spent a day driving around the countryside. We started off at the FishCave where ...
... jobs do we?" Sounds familiar? Well, in a nutshell Stephanie was tragically killed in a traffic accident 7 years ago near MaeHongSon. Beryl and Steve continue to teach the refugees and help to run the charity programme. Personally, they are particularly ...
... road! We came to MaeHongSon to do some trekking as we heard the treks in Chiang Mai can be a bit touristy and fake. MaeHongSon is really close to the Myanmar border and is in the most remote province in Thailand. The city itself is very quiet, when ...
MaeHongSon is surrounded by mountains and Friend guest house is situated next to a large lake and beside the lake is a 200 year old Temple, Wat Jong Kham, where last night 2 fire lanterns were lit and floated away into the night sky. I woke to a ...