Away from the City

Location:Thailand-ChiangMai & ChiangRai .Date: 15.02-19.02.Flight:Budget Airline.

Weather: Cooling 15C to 25C.People I met: Humble Thais, different from Bangkok.
Fave Food: Thai Fried Eggs, Veg Soup.Most pampering: Spa.Most remembered: The long neck tribe.

Picture 1: My butt & the Roller Coaster Elephant ride.


Picture 2: Me & Dumbo

Picture 3: Pretty little girl from the 'Long Neck' Tribe, doing her sewing . Each steel chain weighs about 4-5kg.
:( I really wonder why must a woman do try to be beautiful according to men's standard. In their tribe, if a woman has more chains round her neck, she is deemed to be beautiful.


Picture 4: The 'Door God' of the tribal Village


Picture 5: The inFamous 'Golden Triangle', down the Mekong River
(Left side of the picture is Thailand. Right side is Laos)
Actually, it is just a piece of triangular land shared by Laos & Thailand & Burma.

Picture 5: This was grown at the Golden Triangle during the opium days. The Poppy flower.


Picture 6: I happened to see the plant of Marijuana (look above the 'toilet' sign)