Wiang Inn Chiang Rai

... I wonder if MA, who supposedly work with Leepar, are aware of all these issues? When we arrived at Tam's village (akin to middle class Akha) we met his brother of 45 who has been an addict since his early twenties - the problem still riddles other better off villages but to a lesser extent - He looked horrific. His face was cavernous and his body emaciated. Tam spoke about the number of times he had stolen from the family and been violent. As a result he cannot live in ...

... 8217;s pink and it has a pink tiled floor. Kanchana kindly went out and got me a good deal on pillowcases, bed sheets and stuff to get me started. Of all the colours she could've come back with.<br><br>So with all this going on I needed some wheels and it didn't take long to find a decent bike. I was hoping to get my hands on the tasty-looking Honda &#8216;Dream&#8217; but ...

So we did a 3 day excursion into the hills north of Chiang Mai, which border Burma (we could actually see Burma at some points.<br><br>The first day involved a swim in a waterfall and then trekking up into the hills. It was beautiful but I dont think Ive ever sweated so much!!! It was so hot and really hard work, steep up for ages followed by steep down (which my back and knees werent too happy about!).<br><br>It didnt really rain which made it ...

... shack into the hills to what we called the Chalet and had a good night of sleep. In Thailand now, after getting stuck another night at the border in Laos. Took a local bus here. Fun fun fun with the locals. Heading to the border of Burma, China, Thailand. ps. computer is non functioning, hence no pics. My lovely brother is helping from afar =)

... begin to say how much i am missing out to cut it down. if your retinas are falling out,or your boerd to the brink of suicide, then i won't mind if you give up. not that i would know!..... but hey, i'm still rambling! i'll cut this next bit as i want to say a few things about thailand in general. i went from pai, to chaing mai (4hrs), then straight onto a bus for chaing rai (5hrs), spent one night in a flea pit and got a bus the next day to the thai-laos ...

... bus to Chiang Mai. I spent two hours concentrating on not throwing up or moving my head, and Kim sat bolt upright trying to see out of the front windscreen so she wouldn't be sick either. Kim had picked a hostel out of the book and we got a tuktuk straight there through what appeared to be an extensive red light district with young thai girls everywhere, some being picked up by aging western men. By this point i could barely move my neck and i slept badly.

... She is such a huge part of life and family that 3 months doesn't seem right. She must be older? She is really good and she smiles so much and such big smiles - but almost never when we try to take a picture. She still doesn't have much hair on her head. Kanchana is with her so much and is starting to know what sort of person she is already. Her character is starting to come out. And it is all good so far. She is happy and patient and concentrates well and ...

I: We have visited both Chiang Mai (major touristic town in Northern Thailand) and Chiang Rai (smaller, quieter version), and for me the choice of which one is nicer is easy; it's definitely Chiang Rai. Chiang Mai is just too touristic, although the Sunday market is excellent for shopping. But also Chiang Rai has a nice night market. Mostly we've only ...

... There are villages where they still wear traditional clothing. But those are almost unexceptionally artificial villages, created strictly for tourism - like freak show. To add one more thing to that. Some travel agencies say that they have tours that include "long-neck karens". They long-necks you can see in Thailand are imported to Thailand from Burma, strictly for business purposes. And with that last little warning, this blog entry ends.