Sukkasem Nan

... to get there, up some very steep mountains, and Jack, our driver, was a maniacal driver! THE national Park was lovely, very cool and green with flowers everywhere. We drove up to the place where we were staying at which point all the teachers were going, "no, this can't be it, they said there would be toilets", shows how well they did their research, we were staying in little wooden and straw huts about 1 meter up off the ground, inside there were two mattresses and a ...

... in a big field on the road between Pua and Paklang (Road 1051). If you head that direction you can't miss it; everyone goes to this market. This market has tons of cheap clothes, shoes, kitchen utensils, food, and produce. It is fun just to look around.

There are a few small wats that are worth seeing, but one in particular is Wat Ton Laeng. It is different from any wat I have seen in Thailand because it has almost a pyramidal form and brightly ...

... and a large snake!! as well as the bamboo, vines, palms and other greenery of the thick jungle. The hot springs have been, thoughtfully, channeled into individual bathrooms with a small nature-fed tub and a shower. After the long walk it was very soothing. The easy to reach (if you follow the right path) waterfall of Chae Sorn is quite spectacular falling down about 4 or 5 levels and running into a beautiful jungle stream.

... moment. Anyway to save myself time, here is the report I wrote about the 2 days: Mlabri Village Mirror Foundation visit 24 - 25 July 2551 by Paul REPORT ON VISIT TO MLABRI VILLAGE NEXT TO HUAY YUOK The following is a quick report on what I saw and the information I gained from our trip on 24 - 25 July 2551. It does not represent all the information gained or the ...

Hola a todos desde Nan, en la provincia mas al este de Thailandia, cerca de Laos. En Nan se esta' bien, hay un mercado nocturno que visitare' ahora y un clima amistoso, se ve que aqui el turista medio no llega. AH! Lo he entendido muy facilmente despues de las 6 hrs que ha tardado el bus en llevarme aqui, a 300km de Chiang Mai. Cada segundo el bus hacia un salto, pero la carretera parecia lisa ...

... logging and encourage the local people to see that conservation can be finacially rewarding too. They have small groups of 8 at a time and rely on word of mouth to advertise. We were driven via jeep through pretty bad terrain up to the edge of the national park - and then walked for about an hour to get to our tree house. Then it was time to strap on a harness and zip through the trees to the 'front door ...

Nan Nan was meant to be our mountain retreat, from all accounts from our guide book it was an un-touristy, quiet, small town with a beautiful temple and mounatins nearby. A place to relax. I found it nothing special - with no mountains to see, it is at least a day trip to get out to the retreat like atmosphere that our guide book suggested (and we only had a day). The town was a town, nothing special, full of big electrical ...

... again, I headed straight back to my hotel room - and specifically the bathroom section of the room. By now I am feeling better and hopefully all of the evil things have passed through my body. On the subject of things forgotten - there is something else that I forgot to mention: I had actually forgotten the password to my account at this website - and I was certain that I would not be able to document this trip at all, or perhaps at least until I ...

... is a key that cannot be duplicated. Which means that I now have only one key to my aparment. Which means that I'll probably have to change the xxxx lock (at a cost of over a hundred dollars) just to get another key. Aargh! Aside from that, I spent countless hours over the past couple of days looking for the key. This is altogether unsettling - kind of like when I lost my notebook in Brazil. Oh, well - at least it is a problem to which there is a solution.

... go if you want to get a feel for a real Thai city. Then again, how would I know? We rented a motorbike for a couple days (I think I'm slowly winning Layne over) and checked out some beautiful mountain trails on the first day (Doi Phuka National Park) before driving all the way up to the nearest Immigration Office where we told that foreigners are still not allowed to cross into Laos at this border point. We were hoping to save a few days on the ...