Travel Blog Photos from Chang Rai (76)
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![]() | Chang Rai, Thailand |
After a short bus ride to Huay Xai on the Lao border and a ferry ride over the Mekong, we found ourselves back in Thailand. We made it to Chiang Rai in 2 hours and explored the town center and night bazaar and of course the lady-boy show (see photo).
... of the town and the area is constantly patrolled by helicopters. The whole area is known as the golden triangle as the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos are all very close to one another at this point. We embarked on our long tail boat for a ...
... charge you. They are quite shocked when they give you a price of 200Baht and you tell them their mate just said 100Baht! Chang Rai is a lovely small city, but because it was low season there was nobody there! Our guest house had 3 other people staying ...
... Rai was our first experience of seeing middle aged men (40+) with very young Thai women, obviously after their young youthful good looks! Chang Rai itself is quite a relaxed town, and there isn't a great deal to do in the town itself, and some people use ...
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Help with itinery please
Posted on Jan 2, 2009, 09:27:07
... planning for 1st 2 weeks in Feb. Plan is to fly London to Bangkok, Bangkok to Chang Mai (train or plane) then on to Chang Rai where we are hoping to travel down the Mekong through Laos back to Thai border and back overland to Bankok. Assuming this is ...
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