Chiang Rai

... Lake and Mandalay. Then it is back to Bangkok for three days before we venture off into the Golden Triangle of Thailand including Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. While in Chiang Rai we will take day trips to Laos and Cambodia on the river that, in the past, ...

I will be travelling to Chiang Rai province of Thailand for two months to volunteer at the Home of Charity. This is a centre for children with special needs up in the hilltribes. Once I am done volunteering I will travel to Vietnam for two weeks with a ...

... counter, anxiously waiting for our bags, I wanted to start our two days excursion with Jermsak (a very wonderful tour guide from Chiang Rai) immediately. While I was waiting, Big Nau went to do his favourite ritual for each new place he visited. He had ...

... . We also visited Wat Phra Keow (same name as the one in Bangkok). Wat Phra Keow is a beautiful old temple in central Chiang Rai that was actually a forest temple before the town existed here. In this temple, about 600 years ago a lightening strike hit ...

... hill tribe people and a few monks. No other Westerners. The bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai takes about 3 and half hours. Chiang Rai is another beautiful and old city. At first it seems like a smaller version of Chiang Mai although in reality it is ...