Mae Sai

The city of Chiang Rai isn't very interesting, but the province includes touristic spots like the "Golden Triangle" or the ancient city of Chiang Saen.. We hooked a driver and passed the attractions in one day to make shure, that we could cross the border to Laos on the same day..



After one night in Huoy Xai we took the slow- …

7 Feb 2550. Very sore back today. We had some breakfast with our host family and then went to the school for Julie's go at teaching. Soon after she arrived she was thrown into it. She did well and enjoyed it and I helped her out. We slept at Mirror Art ...

We headed back out into the mountains, this time for a Yunnanese village called Mae Salong.  It's a pretty popular tourist spot as well, so the road in is nice.  The area has replaced the traditional poppy (opium) crops with tea and coffee, so ...

... hour or so.  We actually had the engine off for much of the ride and just coasted out of the mountains. We made it to Mae Sai in mid-afternoon, parked our bike near the border, and crossed over to Burma.  They stamped us, took our 500 baht visa ...

I already talked about Mae Sai.  Here are the ...

... is worth watching. She runs a drop in centre at Mae Sai where the street kids can come and eat lunch and relax and learn a little. Mae Sai has lots of street kids that come from Burma to beg in Thailand or on the bridge in between the 2 countries. I ...

... at the g/house and we all realised that we would like to visit Burma again (for more than just a day). Chaeng Saen Left Mae Sai by sangthaew the next morning headed for Chaeng Saen. Really nice drive with some very friendly people in the back of ...

... one the computer.  I would have stayed another day but the internet connection didn’t cooperate so I decided to head over to Mae Sai.  I think one of the things on my to-do list is learning how to ride a motorcycle, a small ...

Oh dear!!! Paul's disappointment started hear! Mae Sai was abit of a let down really or we'd built it up too much - we'd seen postcards showing some fantastic views from a wat located on a hill in the town and we got up there and both thought 'Is that ...

Another day at DEP.  And I thought Wednesday was chaotic.  We got to the school at around 9 AM and went into separate classes to do the English lessons.  I had 4th grade which, with their grade level system, meant that my class knew the ...

Day 14: Mae Sai / Chiang Rai We got up early and went to the border town of Mae Sai. This is in Thailand but is one point where you can cross into Myanmar (formerly called Burma). So we went across the border for 2 hours and went to a market and had a ...