Rimkok Resort Hotel
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Drivers, drugs and Doi
The Rimkok Resort is kind of our in the middle of no where. We could do the optional tour with the group today. They were going to a "local" village to see the hill tribe people. Most of the tour books say that these hill tribes are pretty much a tourist trap. Authentic tribes, living as tribes, are not ones to hock beads and trinkets to curious …
Chiang Rai
Today we visited the long neck peoples trip. The ladies start putting bands around their heads from the age of 5, they add extra bands every year until necks very long. http://www.chiangdao.com/chiangmai/kare nlongneck.htm Then we visited Thai hill top tribes and walked around their village. After this we drove up in to a large Chinese settlement …
Sleepy Chiang Rai
Although getting to Chiang Rai from Chiang Mai is usually done by road with a bus, taxi or car. I have opted for the less traveled route via long tail boat.
After my driver drops me off at the dock and ensures I am on the right boat, I load my bag and we set off. I have the boat to myself but it is easily shared among 3 or 4 people. The …
Chiang Rai rest time
After saying farewell to the staff leader at the centre who took us to the Rimkok Resort Hotel we were looking forward to having a well deserved rest and a really hot shower. It felt strange in coming to this 5 star huge restort on its own island having come from sharing a room with Ro with two bunk beds, cold showers and no airconditioning. …
Phi Phi Island
Finally, we got off the beach long enough to book our ferry tickets to Phi Phi Island, and that's where I'm writing this from. Sitting outside a little book store in the centre of the island. It's a lovely place, only took an hour to get here from Lanta. The sea is amazing, bright jade green and crystal clear, it's baking hot and the sky is bright …