The effects of the two typhoons have caught up with us. We received numerous text messages from the US State Department application (STEP) with travel warnings. The overnight rain was very heavy and the water level on the Mekong has really risen and was REALLY muddy. We were worried the river might not be navigable,…
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We had an early (6AM) pick up this morning and drove some 90 minutes to the Thai border at Chiang Khong where we exited Laos. The Mora hotel prepared a box breakfast we enjoyed in the car on the way. Our guide, Jackie, is a keen gardener (I think it’s his happy place) and has…
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We met ‘Jackie’ this morning, our new guide while in Chiang Rai. He and driver ‘Chip’ picked us up around 8:30 this morning for a tour of the mountains north of the city. The drive into the mountains was along winding roads where we encountered road works repairing earlier landslides and numerous police checkpoints as…
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We are heading north to the city of Chiang Rai this hot and humid morning. It is about a 3 hour drive to Chiang Rai and along the way we are going to visit the famed “White Temple”, also known as ‘Wat Rong Khun’. We’re going to miss the staff at Amata. They were good…
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