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Chiang Saen Slideshow
Top Hotels in Chiang Saen
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Viang Yonok Chiang Saen
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Chiang Saen
Travel Blogs from Chiang Saen, Thailand
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The Golden Triangle
This is a top pick! ... day. Also, check out Lindsey's handmade Thai jewelry. She uses Thai Buddha pendants and other Asian items to make really cool stuff, which she can ship anywhere in the world. Buy a necklace from Thailand!www.loveliesbylindsey.etsy.com ...
Elvis is alive and well in Chiang Rai!
This is a top pick! Chiang Saen is very near Chiang Rai. That was our last stop with the piano playing driver. Ancient Chiang Saen is beautiful We stopped at the ancient temple and then he pointed out the ancient walls of the city. ...
Chiang Saen
This is a top pick! ... ; It wasn't particularly important to us, but we had 5 days before our visas expired. There's not much to do in Chiang Saen. It's quiet though and has a nice view of the Mekong and neighboring Laos. We spent two nights there, and our ...
Chiang Kong, the ticket nightmare
This is a top pick! ... to me. And where is the nearest STA office for a refund, Fucking Bangkok, but my visa is stamped and i have to leave Thailand today! No STA in any other part of s-e Asia either, well not that I'll be near anytime soon. Numerous expensive phone calls and ...
Smuggler's Blues
... a town called Sop Ruak, the physical center of The Golden Triangle is located. This is really just a place at the Border of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos where these 3 countries are separated only by a river and is called golden because it was the center ...
Fix Up Look Sharp.
... several people have said since 'how far from the sea was it?' a fair point when i have never seen any chiller trucks in Thailand and Chiang Mai is the furthest point from the sea anywhere in the country. On the 2nd we headed up to Chang Khong to cross ...
Triangulo del Oro
... ibamos a llegar asi que.. cada uno se fue por su camino, y lo mas gracioso fue, que nos no encontramos a mitad de camino cuando tubimos ke cambiar de 'bus' y de ahi seguimos juntos otro par de horitas hasta Chiang Khong donde nos separamos otra vez... ...
Elephants and Opium
... buy cheap cigarettes and other cheap stuff, it's apparently a big gambling spot for the Thai and Chinese (gambling is illegal in Thailand). Though it was really interesting to walk through the markets, it was also tough to see what was sold in some ...
Crossing the border
Finally leaving Chiang Mai... got a great spa treatment at the Padma Aroma Spa for only 1000 baht (about $25) for 4 hours of: leg massage, steam bath, scrub, and oil massage. Very sad to leave Chiang Mai and all the friends we made there! ...
Ripped off, almost raped and really sick! :-(
... got tricked into taking the wrong mode of transport to my next destination and was very angry about that, especially because when I arrived in Chiang Saen I was starting to feel quite sick. I'd had minor headaches on and off for a few days, but this was ...
Black Teeth and Long Neck Women
... their home country in 1984 when the Burmese Army penetrated the ethnic Karen State and established bases along the Burma / Thailand border. Today, refugees continue to cross the border to escape from ongoing fighting and persecution in East ...
Crossing the border
We took the VIP bus (aka bus with leg room) from Chaing Mai to Chiang Kong, where we got a two minute boat ride over to Huay Xai in Laos. Crossing the border was no problem and we spent the night in the tiny town and booked our boat trip from the Laos ...
Chiang Mai, a mini Bangkok
22nd February 2009 T Room Guesthouse, Chiang Mai, Thailand Oppressively hot Lampang - Lamphun - Chiang Mai (110kms) We have been in Chiang Mai for a couple of days but until yesterday we were still very undecided about how we were ...
The Golden Triangle
... has just opened itself up to the free market economy in recent years, including building the Friendship Bridge between it and Thailand, and things have been a frenzy of activity at the border ever since. An aspect of motorbike travel that we really ...
Jeep Jeep
The last week has been the best so far; Met 2 Israili guys, Erez and Eshad, and we hired a jeep. We drove off the main roads and onto the mountain roads where the views and people were amazing.....We got lost tho and ended up in a mountain storm 2000 ...
Mong Doo Nam (view of the river)
A constant companion in each country visited so far has been the Mighty Mekong. So when we found ourselves in Chiang Saen, which sits right on its banks in the most northern province of Thailand, we felt right at ease. The town is beside Sop ...
Golden Triangle
Seated on a terrace, in front two borders. Laos and Myanmar, Thailand is my side. Turistic area and nothing really special , but been in front of it, gives me an emotion. Laos to the right side the ex Birmania to the left one and the Mekong in ...
Viang Vieng 2
I headed back to Viang Vieng to celebrate St Patrick's Day, it was a long trek back (36hour bus) but i made it with plenty of time to relax and get ready for my Paddy's Day Celebrations. A few Irish girls where doing face painting,so yep of course i got ...
Highlander: Mountain Adventures
... I met a Croatian refugee who was now an American only by passport and had spent the last 4 years traveling, mostly between Montreal and Thailand. We BSed for awhile over banana pancakes. The next day I met Kazu for breakfast. Kazu is my kind of traveler, ...
5th destination...Chiang Saen, Thailand.
Upon arrival in Chiang Saen, we went around the small town and also visited the Golden Buddha which was built in commemorating the queens 72nd Birthday. We left Chiang Saen at 1415 and headed for Mae Sai. ...
Becoming a Mahout
... have to be since it was home to 36 elephants. Many of these elephants were rescued or "street" elephants wandering around Thailand cities without proper nutrition and exercise. The whole reason we even came to this resort was the elephants and not only ...
Hanging with the elephants
... where they sell tourist junk to the people that come from Thailand. Some items can be purchased much cheaper in Laos than Thailand although I think most people just think it's a fun daytrip to go to another country. Our resort has their own ...
The hilly north
23rd February 2009 Pieng Dao Hotel, Chieng Doa, Thailand Blisteringly hot Chiang Mai - Chieng Doa (80kms) I think the weather is hotting up, Dave disagrees, either way, I'm relieved to have escaped the room we have at the Pieng Dao for the ...
3rd Destination.....Chiang Saen, Thailand.
We arrived here at 1150. Straight headed for a restaurant to have an early lunch. The name of the restaurant is River View Restaurant. At 1230 we finished lunch and moved on. At 1240, we reached the jetty where we hired a boat to take us across to Laos ...
Junction of three
The local bus arrived in Chiang Saen, a smallish town on the edge of the Mekong. Andy and i were starving by now so went to get some food before Jumping in a Tuk Tuk for twenty mins to get to the 'Golden Triangle'. We were taken straight to a guesthouse ...
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