Golden Triangle

After On way to the Golden Triangle, we made a pit stop at another temple.

Finally we have arrived at a little stall for lunch which faces the Golden Triangle!

Why Golden Triangle? Well cause it's the place where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet.

The one-woman-show......she prepared our lunch that day!

Unfortunately I only managed to snap a pic of the salad........ :(

Me sitting at the front of the boat on the way to the Laos border.....it was a rough ride and this was the best picture I managed before I screamed my lungs out because the ride was super bumpy and I was afraid that I will fly off the boat into the dirty river!

Apparently there's a casino there for very rich China tourists......well, according to our guide anyways.

Finally at the border and this is what greets us!

Loads of knock-off bags for sale!

More snake liquor!

Nothing much to do there and hence, back we go~

This is the temple just near the boat docking area. Very nice~ I like how we can see the Buddha from afar on the boat! 

 

After that it was time to move on to the next location again.....

Nimmanhaenim

I read online that there's this really famous ice cream stall in nimanhaenim which is like an area for the younger crowds in chiang mai and hence decided to give the place a visit. 

Spotted a row really colourful buildings on the way there. 

Was really happy when I spotted the iberry sign till we reached the place to find out that it's closed for some upgrading....

This place is truly packed with small interesting cafes. 

Hmm...They use bamboo as scaffolding for construction. 

On the way out to look for a tuk tuk, we spotted a small stall runned by a thai family that serves bbq chicken with thai sticky rice.

Yummy!!!! Absolutely love their papaya salad and chicken. 

Taste so good and yet so cheap! 

At the border to Myanmar

This is at the border of Thailand to Myanmar.

On the way to the customs are various food stalls, here is one that sells cute fish balls in the form of angry birds!

The customs.

Along the side are more shops that sells clothes and jewelries.

Many of the items seem to be sold at a higher price and I can see tourists haggling there.

This is the spot where you take a picture to prove that you've been to the border...hehe.....

....and right behind is a dirty river. ^_^!

I was at the northern most of Thailand!

Yummy-looking peaches from one of the stalls there. We bought some and true enough, they were really sweet!

Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai

On this day, we booked back the same tour guide who brought us to the elephant camp to go to Chiang Rai.

It was a looooong journey........and along the way, we see nothing but a lot of greens.

Stopped for breakfast at a Roong Aroon hot spring area.

I seriously had no idea what to order....I just took whatever the guide took! lol.....

Two rows of shops before the hot spring area.

Parents had the pork noodle soup.

I guess this must be a common rest area as many buses stopped by this area too as we were about to leave. Funny thing was that other tour guide asked our guide which part of Thailand did his guests come from!!

 Er.....do we look like Thai?

Hot water gushing out from this little hole.

Free leg spa anyone?

After that it was more greens with sign boards showing various tourists attractions along the way.

Finally, after almost 3 hours....we arrived at Wat Rong Khun, the famous white temple of Chiang Rai!

This is Chalermchai Kositpipat, the man who designed the temple in 1997.

Truly a work of art~ just look at all the details~

Love how every minute thing is designed so intricately.

Yikes~!!!

  

Looks totally real~

This golden one is not the temple....this is actually the toilet!!!

This looks like it came from a set of some Hollywood movie.

Highly recommend this temple to anyone who is going to Chiang Mai. It's beautifully designed and took years to complete. Even so, the entry is free! You will get a small little surprise as you enter the temple.....you might find some familiar anime characters or Marvel comic characters! hehehe......