It's a Chang-a-thon

While I was in Chang Mai, Sean and I went for a walk into an area called the old town, which is surrounded by a moat & the remanents of a wall. To the left is a pagoda which we happened to chance apon...

To the right is the place where we had lunch - quite tasty! And one of the less dodge places!

On last Saturday we went on a one day tour to the Golden Triangle, Massai border and surrounds.

Was pretty good. Saw some really lovely sites and learnt some interesting stuff about the history of Thailand. When we got to the golden triangle, we got in a long boat & went to the golden triangle point in the middle of the river between myanmar, Thailand & Laos.

This is where they used to trade opium for gold. And then went to Laos and looked at some markets. I bought a bottle of "snake whiskey" which actually has a cobra in it. Bit scary, I don't know (think) that I will get it back into the country, so we will see.

In the afternoon we also went to some hill-tribe villages, the difference between the two tribes was astonishing. One was dirty and poverty ridden and the second, tidy and orderly. They were literally 30 metres away from each other!!

It was a long and boring drive from Chang Mai (where we were staying) and Chang Rai, which is the main town from which the tour was close to.

On the way home we (the tour bus) hit a dog in the street. The care for animals here is terrible. There was no concern for the dog at all, but the driver reversed back to pick up a bit that snapped of the car's bullbar!

This is a picture of some of the wall which still surrounds the old part of Chang Mai.