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Mae Sot Slideshow
Mae Sot
Travel Blogs from Mae Sot, Thailand
A return to Mae Sot
... people from Chiang Mai who I used to know that were in town for various reasons. We spent 4 days and nights in Mae Sot. I visited old friends, including the guys from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (check out http://www.aappb.org/) ...
Revolution Poem
... place of conflict. Illegal activities are frequent. Towns have a strong undercurrent of a dark subculture. The inhabitants of the Thailand side are abundant with Burmese refugees and workers permitted to cross the border for the day to make a living. ...
Mae Sot..
... she goes snowboarding and is addicted to surfing. Ok, I will stop now, I have only 3 months left in Asia ! haha.. Once I arrived in Mae Sot, I shared her room, which was a garage with a nice floor.. anyway, I did agree to pay the 100bath / night ! Mae ...
day 260: border town
... kind of look more like swollen and bruised anyways. Maesot during the day is very dusty, but that is a problem all over central Thailand. I haven't seen a blue sky since we got here. People look a bit stressd, not as relaxed as in other places I've been. ...
Travel stories from Thailand -part 1
I should explain today's mission to those of you who are unfamiliar with Mae Sot. It is a Burmese-Chinese-Karen-Thai trading outpost that has become a small simmering tourist destination. But more importantly and the reason for our visit, is ...
Mae Sot, Thailand
... our new quartet of friends (Thelma, Andrea, Jarred, and Brian) as they traveled to Chiang Mai with Tom, while we continued onto Mae Sot. As we are arriving a day ahead of schedule, our reserved hotel did not have available rooms, ...
ROAD TRIP!!! ROAD TRIP!!!
On day 6, we drove for five hours from Chiang Mai to Mae Sot. It was a loooooooong haul with the team in three different vehicles. Some of us played Uno, while others played the "Word Pattern" game. Later, we jumped out of the van for a break and played ...
Travel Day
Today we headed south to Mae Sot where there is a branch Partner's office. It was a beautifull drive! Jungle and mountains filled the first part of our journey, and then opened-up to the expanse of farm-lands lush with crops of rice, soybeans, and corn. ...
Lovely Jane Always
Today we were able to visit our long-time friend, Jane. We have referred to her as "Lovely Jane Always" for several years, as this was one of her e-mail names. It also perfectly fits the beautiful lady. Jane had worked as our ...
Marche et melange culturel
... cartons poses sur un cyclo-pousse, et me fait des grands signes pendant que son pere pedale et regarde et doit se demander ce qui se passe. Une petite rencontre qui m'a fait chaud au coeur. Je ne traine pas plus que ca a Mae Sot, je file a Mae Sariang. ...
Deeper Inland
... of locals, monks and Army personnel. The views were quite spectacular as we approached the mountain ranges that separated Thailand from Burma. We got into Mae Sot in the early afternoon and had to get to our accommodation, which we weren't quite sure of ...
A Short Poem
Spotted at an environmental workshop. The book arrived uninvited and the idea began to develop into a short poem. The gist of what it said is that there are monumental things, civilizations, supernovas, etc. that make a tremendous impact for a very ...
Return to Chiang Mai
... of the time, and obstructed our view of the mountains in the distance behind the crop fields. The drive from Mae Sot to Chiang Mai took us a little over five hours, and we arrived at our destination for the evening of the New Horizon ...
Sweet 16 (Part 2)
After we built catapults and made hair ties, we passed out Burma bears (bears that were sown by friends in Fairbanks that the kids stuff). They, too, were a big success. After bears, all the kids posed with the team for a group photo. They held up their ...