Showing posts with label Burma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burma. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Thai-Mynamar Border

After we had our lunch, we proceeded to the northern part of Thailand. Molly said


"You can do shopping here and use your money, after you finish using your money we will go to hill tribe village"

Hahahahaha
I don't have much money to spend, I worried she wouldn't take us to Karen Village, so I hide some money inside my...AHEM. She didn't know it
:P You know I'm kidding

Be aware, 
40 photos ahead ;)
On the way to Thai-Myanmar Border

Resting my legs on his laps
Resting my legs on your laps

My legs were tired, because I was wearing heels all the way from Hot Spring to Wat Jadeeloung, from Wat Jadeeloung to Golden Triangle, from Golden Triangle to Laos, from Laos to Golden Triangle, from Golden Triangle to Myanmar Border...see, it was tiring. Don't ask why I wore heels, I didn't even bother to get a pair of sandals, thinking

"Should be fine, we are not going to climb from hill A to hill B right?"

-_-"
Yeah, we didn't have to...but it was still tiring

Hoohooo!
About to reach Thai-Myanmar Border

This temple has got Chinese characters written on it


Long live the king


Reaching...


Reached!


Me trying to steal the show :P


I call these,
Ding ding blink blink




Actually nothing much to see here, just some shoppings for foods, fruits, "ding ding blink blink" and some local goods












"The Northern Most of Thailand"


Do you remember I mentioned about a lovely couple from Germany?
Hehe! ^^
Alex and Karoline


And the girls from Taiwan! ^^


Myanmar :)


Molly and the guy from Israel :)






Violet and the Thai armies
I was a little worried, not sure if it's okay to take photos with them. However, Alex made the first move :D


To my surprise, Karoline, Alex and Xu Ying were from law faculty too, together with Kevin, 4 lawyers made a good companion. Alex even suggested to have a small international law conference or something like that (of course he was kidding). Hahaha :P
But, Sigh...where is my broom? I need to sweep the floor, I'm not in this group of people :(

Okay, back to the photos


HAHAHA


Soooo funny... :P




:P


Peek-a-boo






Tired and thirsty,
we found ourselves a local cafe


Nah...
actually we neither tired nor thirsty, in fact I wanted to pee so badly, it's impolite to go to people's place just to use their washroom without buying things from them.


"Where is your coffee where is your coffee?"
waiting impatiently, we only ordered a glass of coffee. Well, better than just pee and go. LOL :P


Some photos before we left Thai-Myanmar border


Hmmm...the international law conference, hehehe! I really like them, they are soooo nice ^^


Xu Ying and I
So sweet and friendly. Hope to see her again in the future :)


卢景富,徐莹 and me


This is my snacks :P
I bought it in 7-11.
There are a lot of 7-11 in Chiang Mai, every 10 to 15 shops you will see one 7-11 (my guest house area). 7-11 is making good business in Chiang Mai :)


Next station, Hill Tribe Village
Hehee, resting my legs on his laps, again :P

opps, over adjusting the contrast ;)

Bye for now, muacks :)











-<3

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Golden Triangle, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma)

Be aware, this entry has got 69 photos :)

黄金三角 Golden Triangle, Thailand (source 1 and 2) is the name of the area which covers Thailand, Myanmar and Laos near the point where the three countries meet. It used be the very famous area for opium Nowadays the opium production decreased. The name remained for tourists who just want to see the point. You don't see any special things here. Just a normal Mekong River view and huge commercial development is much bigger than one of Chiang Sean. There is a Casino in Myanmar side and there was an idea which this area becomes a international tax heaven or gamble heaven with the connection to China by boats.

Really nothing special in Golden Triangle, however you should visit it once :) the boat ticket is 300 baht for one person.
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Four countries tourist map
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A happy lady without her man
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We didn't go to this temple (I don't even know if it's a temple or what), I zoomed and snapped this shot. It was so far away ;)
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Eyes like line, cheeks like bread, you can't see my eyes but you see a slice of bread. Somehow, I still love this pic, I think I have cute smile :)
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2nd shot
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Our reflection
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Happy lady and her man, hahaha
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Hmm..a lot of "me" :D
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Ah, me again
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ERM, meee again
Yes, that's the boat which charged us 300 baht for one person
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God bless me, I don't swim
Hey I was kinda worried, kept talking to people to distract myself..the boat isn't that big but a lot of passengers
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We passed by Golden Buddha Temple (I don't know the correct name)
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Some photos along the way to Laos
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That's the Myanmar Casino
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It was a good day, didn't rain :)
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:)
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The man lives in tree, so romantic... I always wanted a tree house :)
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Obviously the lady was fishing :P
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So beautiful... :)
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If I'm not mistaken, this is Laos
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Roughy 20 minutes later, we reached Laos ^^
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Yeaaaaa!
I didn't die, the boat was not as lousy as I thought :P
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Welcome to Donsao ^^
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Some Laos guys, hehee!
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With Laos National flag
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Want a Laos stamp?
The man in grey shirt can help :P
We were lining up to get our passport stamped
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Hmmm?
Somehow the chop is without our arriving date :)
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I saw a mail box,
What will happen if I put my passport inside? :P
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Wowoo
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Anyone?
Molly is a very cute lady, she is merely a year older than me ^^
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Yikes!
We didn't have guts to try it
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Things to buy here...
Nah, not these kind of masks, scarrrrry
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Maybe this one?
Cute cute
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This is the way they draw the eyes of wooden dolls
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Hmmmm...this one?
No no no, my mum will scold me
"Why buy this one? Who's going to wipe it every week?"
Not me, so I didn't buy
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Sarongs?
Erm...no
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Violet?
Hahahaha, she's taken :P
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Finally, I saw something I wanted to buy
Shawls, scarfs...
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More (I only bought 2 shawls)
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Hehee, do you know what these "square things" are?
These are pillows
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Me chatting with Molly
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:)
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And this
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Ermmm...actually I didn't intend to take photo with him, but he was there
"Do you want to take a photo with him?" Kevin asked me

"Ooh okay"

"Erm do you mind to take a photo with me?" I asked the man

"What? ME?! Really???" His reaction was big and he was very surprised

"Wowwwww, I'm so happy, she wants to take photo with me!" He screamed and told the whole world. This was why I smiled like this :D

30 minutes later, going back to Thailand
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The children behind me in this photo were asking for money, I didn't give them. It's not about being generous or kind-hearted. I have my own point of view, I will talk about this next time
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Xu Ying :)
She is a volunteer from China, currently staying in Thailand to teach Mandarin. Friendly and lovely! ^^
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Lovely couple from Hong Kong :D
Thank god, I speak Cantonese, hehee
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After we left Golden triangle, we headed to a restaurant called XXXXXXXX, huhuhu...I don't speak Thai. I don't even know if this is the name of the restaurant :'(
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Tourists from all over the world, Thailand is a very lovely country, I'm very happy we are neighbours :)
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Buffet style
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After lunch, heading to Myanmar's border
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Tired but happy :)
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Next station, Myanmar's border :)
Hee! ^^
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-<3