One of my personal favorites on the lake is feeding the sea gulls. It is one of my favorite animal – nice build – form follows function, this bird has it all. I could do this every day – at Inlay at last :-)
Today i felt like having some Chinese food for lunch – this is easy as the border is only 50km from here. Went with my Chinese Honda copy to the border town – Boten – and – had a Dali Beer!! (great) and fried vegetables with rice. All for 1.70 € – i can not…
Went in the morning to the border – it opens at 8 am. did arrive at 8.05 – check out of thailand was smooth and quick. got to the 3rd boat over the Mekong and where with the 1st people to apply for a Lao visa. Later the masses did get there and for some…
I told you (at last the Facebook friends of me) about the GH I booked in Chiang Rai. So I took the bus from Chiang Rai up to here. Of course they have a new bus station 9 km out of town (WHY oh WHY do all the Asian cities start to do that SHIT!!!!!…
There are loads of “tourist” workshops on the lake – selling products that where made in the shop and elsewhere on the lake. at last most of them?? When you go with the boat you hear the weaving machines all over in the villages so i guess that a lot of the stuff they sell…
Floating Garden There are a few villages on the lake Temples as well… Raw material for the many tourist shops The most important temple And the 5 Buddahs in it. Over the years people put so much gold on it – you can only imagine how they looked
Num and Weo will drive to CHX at the 25th – Chris and me will share the ride. Than something like 2 nights CHX. Up to Chiang Rai next – see the White Temple. Than Mae Salong to see why “the lost army” – Kuomintang’s 93rd division who fought under General Chiang Kai Shek’s Army…
Marius – why not start a biz over here??? The lake is still misty – birds… The famous Inlay Lake rowing Different technique Monk Express
Nice to go for a boat trip before the sun sets. This is best with a small boat that makes no noise. You only hear the paddle in the water and cruise the channels. Watching the locals doing what they do.
On the way to work It is not allowed to cut trees anymore – and did you see a lot left on the pictures?? so now the people build stone houses. Looks not so nice – but much better for the environment. Good thing that they have everything they need in front of the villages….
I do stay at Twin-Hut again. Pat‘s pace since 3 years. Terry does refer to the place as the real Pai – like it was many many moons ago. This is a chilled place where you meet the same people and new faces every year – like Family Hut before. Tonight for example Chris did…
The best way to get to Inlay Lake from Kalaw is not the bus or the super slow train! It is walking down. You can choose how fast you want to go. It is possible to do it in two days but why do you want to do that??? Plan at last 3 days and…