Huaen Kham Resort
Travel Blogs from Mae Sai
To Myanmar (Burma)
... friendly people); you have to pay a fee to enter their village (about $7USD each); so they know you support them; and they are very friendly to have your support. The evenings they have a night bazaar that starts about 7pm; lots of vendors lining up in the street on the Mae Sai side of the border; with lots of food vendors (the Thai version of food trucks); last night we had a good steak to go along with our noodle soap and always Thai ice ...
The Golden Triangle Loop ... by bike!!!
... wafer, ice cream, topping the lot. Bliss! :)
Next stop, Wat Phra That Doi Tung. Up on a hill, where we almost get lost and realise that we need petrol too. Yikes. I havent seen a petrol station for a while.....
“Wat Phra That Doi Tung. Dating to the 10th century, this temple has a stupa reputed to contain the Buddha's collarbone, making it a major site of pilgrimage. Located atop Doi Tung itself at an altitude of nearly 2000 meters, it probably has ...
Remote Connections
... now; we are, 6 days in, still in holiday mode (& we should be able to tolerate them for a few more days).
Where?
As I type we’re in the Akha Hill guesthouse situated in the mountains 23kms outside Chiang Rai in extreme Northern Thailand, not too far from the border with Burma (some call it Myanmar). We arrived here a few hours ago, when it was bright. The drive here from Chiang Rai saw us pass ...
Chiang Mai part 2
... had some problem and had to pay alot of money to stay a week, you would not believe the language he came up with. We got back, after about 12hrs in total free to stay in the country as long as we needed.
It soon was time for us to leave for Chiang Rai. We checked out and caught a truck to the bus station where we waited 5hrs for a bus. The noodle soup we ate outside the station made it all ok.
After 3 hours on the bus we were in Chiang ...
Chiang Rai: Day 3
... to hand him the money. All he did was laugh and shake his head. Confused, I kept insisting that I pay for it and he kept shaking his head so I reached for the waffle thinking maybe I pay for it somewhere else. But then he stopped me from taking it. So, I'm thinking, if I can't pay for it here and I can't take it to pay for it elsewhere, how am I supposed to get my waffle??? Just then a nice stranger walks by ...
Location
Other places to stay in Mae Sai
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Wang Thong Hotel
299 Phaholyothin Road, Mae Sai | Hotel -
Tip Sukon House
774 Moo 1, Shailomjoy Rd., Mae Sai | Hotel -
Yunnan Hotel
142 M. 3 Wiangpangkam, Mae Sai | Hotel -
Supawadee Resort
33 Moo 2, Dotgam Viangkham, Mae Sai | Hotel -
Taitong Hotel
6 Moo 7, Phlyothin, Chiang Rai, Mae Sai | Hotel