An Independent Trip To Northern Thailand & Vietnam, Part Four: From Chiang Mai Province To Chiang Rai Province, 16 March 1996

Chiang Rai Province – Akha People By The Mae Kok

[I have been pulling my journal notes together for Ogblog using a dictation app – no prizes for guessing what some of this piece looked like before I corrected the dictation]

Rose quite early – left Lisu village. 

The taller of the sweet children was a bit tearful saying goodbye to us

Headed north. Long drive – stopped for coffee on Mae Kok/Myanmar border.

Then on to Akha village [see headline picture and below]

…then Mae Salong (ex KMT people from Yunnan) market – [then] lunch at a good Chinese restaurant.

I seem to remember that Chinese lunch being especially good, with high grade barbequed meats as a centrepiece, but we obviously did not find Mae Salong (now renamed Santikhiri), or at least the part of it we went to, photogenic.

Then on to [a] Yao village in the mountains…

Yao people (above) and Kongburi explaining a Yao pipe’s purpose (below)

…then on to Mae Khong River near Chiang Saen – boat ride to Sop Ruak – Golden Triangle – Laos, Myanmar and Thailand…

I cannot see Mae Salong from here…perhaps they’ve changed the name.
Laotian people above, a shot of Laos, Myanmar & Thailand tri-point below

…on to Baan Boran Hotel for early night.

All of our photos from the Thai leg of the journey can be found on Flickr through the link here and below.

=01 13 March 1996 - Jim Thompson

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