Orchid Garden
Travel Blogs from Chiang Khong
Elephant sanctuary and tiger kingdom
Today we had organised a whole day tour to visit a number of things in north Chiang Mai which are a must do for all itineraries. The tour guide (named Ping Pong!!) came to pick us up at around 8am and our first stop would be the Maeteng Elephant sanctuary which is about 20 kilometres north of Chiang Mai. We had a fairly small group of only 5 people …
Rough
... by ten o'clock though. The main contingent of talkative people were myself, an Irish, a Dane and two Dutch. All blokes, all single travellers. We got to Chiang Khong by about 4, stopping once at the most bizarre temple I've seen. I can only assume it is both very new (they seemed to be constructing more of the same in the vicinity) and a pure tourist attraction, though as it's free entry I'm not sure how they make their money. It's hard to describe so I'll let the forthcoming ...
Crossing the border into Laos
... a touch of drama. All that really happened is that we wandered down to a small boat that took us across the Mekong river onto Laos land. This journey took all of 5 minutes! It was a cool way to enter a new country. I was quite surprised at how few tourists were at the border crossing, as there was only a handful and we made our trip across with some locals. Being the only tourists at the Laos immigration, our visas were sorted within minutes and we ...
Thailand to Laos 2 Day Slow Boat
... house as was booked and they drive us to quite possibly the dingyest accommodation known to man...dirty sheets, glasses, smelly and complete with hair in the sink!! We take out our sleeping bag to avoid touching anything and crash out for the few hours till morning..
Sleep deprived we shower at 6am to set off for the border crossing, not wanting to miss the boat at 9.30am.. We walk a km or so to Buk Pier and arrive just after 7am, we are the first to arrive, horrah! We ...
Chiang Khong
... thanks mum!). Still it was only one night and there wasn't really anywhere else that we could go so we stayed put. We had an odd meal in the evening and everyone that was there was keen to get out and spend as little time as possible at the hotel so we all went into a little bar at the top of the street and indulged in some pool and ...
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TravelPod Member ReviewsOrchid Garden Chiang Khong
“ Nice place ”
Reviewed Sep 19, 2012
Good place to visit if going somewhere else as part of your tour, wouldn't go just for it though.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
TripAdvisor Reviews Orchid Garden Chiang Khong
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Baanrimtaling Home Stay
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Ruan Thai Sophapan Resort
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