Baan Golden Triangle Chiang Rai

This morning, a few of us woke up early to help prepare the frogs. They were still half alive this morning and a little smelly, so we poured them in boiling water to kill them. Then, we gutted them by splitting their stomachs open and taking out all of their guts and organs. A lot of them had eggs inside as well, so we took those out. This part got a little bloody and messy, but Carsten and I (Erin) actually helped 3 ...

... benefit in any way from your visit. Which is why a lot of visitors find the tours disappointing because they are then mobbed by villagers either begging or trying to sell either their own costumes or clothes, or trinkets they have made. Chiang Rai is one of the main towns to organise a trek and yet there is only one village in this area that has any involvement in the visits that are organised and potentially benefit from them. Often, when a tribal ...

... et une fabrique de papier a partir de crotte d elephant. 4- Bain de foulle au marche de nuit 5- Cours de cuisine thai pour les gars et massages pour les filles (pas des cours...juste les massages!) Top 5 Chiang Rai 1- Hall of Opium! Superbe musee initie par la mere du roi dans le but de faire connaitrel histoire de l opium et biensur ses ravages. La culture est maintenant interdite en ...

... where we observed the daily life of its occupants who seemed to sit and weave beautiful fabrics on their thatched balconies. The Elephant ride was alot of fun, we even got to sit on its head like the driver and then got to go in the river back to the beginning of the camp. We then headed to have lunch at another more traditional village which l was really glad that we saw. We got to observe daily life in the village and no other tourists where around. The ...

... pool which we put to full use. One other couple stayed, it is still the low season. We ate a wonderful meal with 6 different dishes including something that looked very much like catfish. Local hilltribe children came to perform for us in traditional garb. They sang 2 songs in a mixture of French and Thai . The sound was very 'Sunday School' and further investigation revealed that the hill tribe were Catholic. I bed by 2045 exhausted. 95km.

... off to the pier to catch a slow boat down the Mekong to Luang Pra Bang via an overnight stop in Pek Bang (elect between 6-10p,!! oh joy).. We had to sit on the floor so we were gald we bought some cushions in the town. The Journey was pretty boring the scenery was pretty much the same. We picked up some locals along the way with their freshly caught fish and a coupe of chickens. We were glad to get off ...

From Chiang Rai, Thailand After the last long entry, I planned to just have a photo essay of the week's activities - trekking in the hill tribes near Luang Prabang; meeting new friends; saying goodbye to the Mekong and Laos; and checking out what northern Thailand has to offer. But there's a few things I wanted to mention, which you can skip if you want, and just check out all the photos and captions. The blog may seem too political for a vacation, but ...

... t often careen around the hairpin turns. He played it safe, thank goodness. The scenery was beautiful, heavily forested, small villages, many motorbikes, some with women and children riding in their laps, and several wats or temples. We stopped half way for bathroom break in a small village. They did have a gas station that was out of the stone age, like the Flintstones. There were three clear tanks with different gasoline type fluids and clear hoses to fill ...

... to circumstances beyond our control. hopefully they will catch the criminals before i return, but if not i would like to get involved again if it will help. can't say much more than that in case it tips anyone off (lots of people other than you lot read these blogs, so news can filter out). ask me when you see me and i'll fill you in. oh, not that it matters right now, but i put out a new mobile number recently, and managed to get it wrong! it's 0066 83947 6535. i ...

... we then trecked for 2 hours to Apha village where we were all ready to curl up an die with exhaustion! we had yummy sticky rice and chicken basic stylie! was so surreal seeing how basic some people live. we then trecked for another 2 hours to Ban Yafu village where we stayed overnight. it rained alot so it was sooooo muddy. there were zillions of cockrels and pigs which kept us up all night! was really nice feeling clean ...