Hiking down to the lake we did cross the rails at the 1st day. Thinking the train takes that route up to Kalaw I decided to take it. That includes getting up when the monks collect food in the very early morning. I went out of the hotel and a taxi dropped 2 guys at…
This is the plan – depends if i get a seat in the bus. This town is like Pai – only it is made for French tourists. All the nice original little pop & mom places are gone. They build and build and build – and everything looks the same. It does not look to…
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
attending the Vienna Calling CS Meeting! If you are close – lets have a beer!!!
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.