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Travel Blogs from Mae Wang, Thailand
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Spicy Time
... rice moonshine. Compared with some of the other rice wines and liquors we've tried, it was quite nice! Loved getting out of the city and spending time with people again. Now for the torment of getting back to Bangkok, the biggest city in Thailand :S ...
Take a Ride on the Raw Butt Train
... horse for 4 hours, except it hurts in different places. We ride and ride on the road to Mae Sariang, past Mae Hla, the largest Karen refugee camp in Thailand. We turn off the road and arrive at a village that is also on the border to Burma. We walk ...
Trekking is hard work!
... breakfast that he was cooking for us; the rest of us got some drinks. We then continued the ride until we arrived at the Mae Wang area, where started our trek through the rain forest. Shortly after, we reached a waterfall & had lunch (vegetable fried rice ...
Hike to White Karen village
... off the trail for a nature break and as I was returning to the group I saw one of the things Nikki had come to northern Thailand to see -- orchids growing in the wild! I called her over and exhausted though she was, she managed a big smile for the camera ...
Up and out to the elephant camp
We went straight to the elephant camp first thing and rode through the jungle for about an hour, up and down hills. It was a bumpy, dodgy, lurchy ride - going up and down the hills was a bit scary as we tipped forward and backwards. At the steep hill, ...
White Karen Village
We arrived in the White Karen village in the early evening and preparations were happening for the wedding. A 23-year-old man was marrying a 17 or 18-year old woman (we weren't clear on her exact age). Evidently the tradition among this village (not sure ...
Journey to the Jungle
... erode tribal customs to some degree. However, because they have become so important to tourism (a huge industry in Thailand), the government has started reviewing and sometimes improving their policies toward these peoples. I definitely approached our ...
Our travel companions
I'll take a moment and describe our travel partners on this trip. Ahmit, the Israeli guy I already mentioned. He is 20 and is traveling for a couple of months before heading back to Israel to be recruited into the army for 4-5 years. He speaks ...
Trekking with Jungle Joe
We were picked up from our hotel in a pickup truck with a canopy over the back and then traveled to a few other hotels to pick people up. There were a total of eight of us going on the trek. We were hoping for a good group and someone was ...
Spicy Villa Eco lodge
Early the next morning, we were picked up and set off for our 3 day adventure in the Mae Wang countryside, an hour southwest of Chiang Mai. Spicy Villa Eco lodge was a find from www.airbnb.com which has proved to be a valuable website for our travels. I ...
Solitary wat in the mountains
Update from Nikki, her surgeon moved the big meeting to tomorrow so no real news to report on that front other than that she arrived safely in Bangkok. After we got back into the truck we continued up a windy paved road with lots of blind ...
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