Once you’ve ridden a boat, hired a driver and seen some wats… Go to the Golden Triangle. The area was (is?) the world’s largest opium producer and the center of the opium trade. With a name like “The Golden Triangle” you expect some point, or monument, or….GOLD or something. I expected to be unimpressed, thinking […]
Archives for August 2012
Chiang Rai in 36 Hours – Part 1
Since I’ve started writing on here it hasn’t really been much of a travel blog, as I haven’t done much traveling. I went home to the States for a month in March and since I’ve been back in Thailand I’ve been pretty stationary, content in my little Chiang Mai world. I haven’t felt the need […]
This Week: Visitors
This post could also be called: Wake up. Eat. Run around. Eat. Shop. Eat. Work. Go out. Stay up way too late. Crash. Repeat. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend the last ten days with my lovely cousin who came to visit. It was great. It also means that between a mini getaway, playing tour […]