Montra Hut Chiang Saen
121 Moo 3, T. Yonok, Chiang Rai Chiang Saen, Thailand
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Long Necks
... ride to Laos. Highlight of our stay here was one of the stranger haircuts I've ever had. I was getting a bit scruffy after the military cut I got in San Diego but the I made the mistake of a spontaneous haircut- presumably the masked man I found in Chiang Khong had never had to deal with hat-head before. Probably would have got a cleaner cut if I had taken DH up on her offer but since we finished up our wills, I'm still not sure I trust her with sharp instruments in her hand.
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After 6 years I'm back in thailand
And the pad Thai is just as tasty as i remember it!
I'm finally done my boat trip that seemed to never end ha ha it all went well but slowly, We got to the border between Laos and Thailand with 30 min to spare before the border closed on us, we decided to stay the night and continue to chang rai tomorrow morning. It felt sorta ...
Jungle Fever
... fringe for her.
Off course, while we are hanging around, the Akhas are continually bombarding us with "shoosh shoosh shoosh and buy bracelet, buy bag, buy belt". I somehow manage to promise them that before we leave town we will buy something from each of them.
Jungle Sale
The last day in Luang Namtha: the Akha women arrive en-masse, and with Sarah acting as sales manger, we get them to lay their wares on the tables. We bargain away with the first ...
The last Mekong challenge
Over the course of the evening at my last village camp, I became aware of some dangerous rapids between here and my targeted finish in Luang Prabang. The English speaking monk told me there were big rapids South of his village and I should be very, very careful and stick to the edges of the river. He said it with the same kind of smile he always had so it was very difficult to guess the severity of the warning. I knew it was impossible to stick to the ...
Ziptastic
... we settle down for some cards and some interesting wine (we can't work out if those are grapes on the bottle or not... but it's good for your heart and contains a lot of calcium apparently) then we hit the sack early - we're on forest time now you know (as well as Laos time which is in a different universe anyway).
Although we have been told by previous participants that there are a lot of rats in the treehouses, we decide that the gnawing noises ...


