thaibeachlovers Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 14 hours ago, LaosLover said: And that park where you're on a houseboat in a mountain lake (also in the south). Plenty of lakes/ reservoirs with houseboats in the north. Queen Sirikit reservoir has them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: If you don't get a buzz off them, you're either too young, or need to chill, IMO. I am a very chilled 75. Too young? 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 44 minutes ago, KannikaP said: I am a very chilled 75. Too young? 555 Apparently not chilled enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 20 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: Apparently not chilled enough. He likes Patts and bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: Tha Ton is lovely. I stayed in a quiet place alongside the river, which was true bliss. I first went there on a tour with Track of the Tiger in the 90s and we had lunch in a delightful hotel. I went back especially to visit that hotel about 20 years later, but was sad to see it had been replaced by a cookie cutter concrete building. Lovely temple on top of the hill, and pleasant restaurants in abundence. Fang, didn't even stop there. Tha Ton looks good in photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 (edited) Too many places to mention, since my goal is to stay overnight in all provinces. Just traveling through during daylight hours I do not count as visiting a province. Edited August 1, 2023 by MarcelV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 This would scratch that itch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 17 hours ago, Lemsta69 said: Travelled so much yet learnt so little ???? What do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 hours ago, bignok said: This would scratch that itch Gotta toss in 2-3 days in Mae Sot; one of the more interesting Mae's littering the North. Like Burma on a budget. And another renowned waterfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Just now, LaosLover said: Gotta toss in 2-3 days in Mae Sot; one of the more interesting Mae's littering the North. Like Burma on a budget. And another renowned waterfall. Yes i think so. Sham google maps only go up to "i" Id like to plan it out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I like the formula of Arrival Day, Vibe and walk around Day, and Special Activity Day (if available). A Nan or a Tak will be light in the special activity department. A Phitsolunuk will not have enough vibe to warrant its own day. But Mae's Sot and Hong Song are proper 3 day-stops. And even the underachieving Mae, Mae Sariang. I love low class border towns It's got the bootleg viagra vibe and the so-so market on the Myanmar side. Plus, you can book a Chiang Saen mini-bus tour from there. Doing the full North with a Chiang Mai stop is prob about a month to do it justice, and that's without the parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 hours ago, LaosLover said: I like the formula of Arrival Day, Vibe and walk around Day, and Special Activity Day (if available). A Nan or a Tak will be light in the special activity department. A Phitsolunuk will not have enough vibe to warrant its own day. But Mae's Sot and Hong Song are proper 3 day-stops. And even the underachieving Mae, Mae Sariang. I love low class border towns It's got the bootleg viagra vibe and the so-so market on the Myanmar side. Plus, you can book a Chiang Saen mini-bus tour from there. Doing the full North with a Chiang Mai stop is prob about a month to do it justice, and that's without the parks. Did 2 weeks in CM in June. Enough. Will just skip past it. Given low season will just rock up and sort out rooms by the way. Mark Wiens says that Hang Lay curry is Burmese. I thought it was Lanna. Will def check out the border spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 3 hours ago, bignok said: Yes i think so. Sham google maps only go up to "i" Id like to plan it out more. If heading that way, Mae Sot, may want to research Umphang Dist., Tak, especially if like 'the' waterfall, would think best in TH to see. They had a scam going, and why I never bothered. Insist you need a 4X4 to see, but can't use yours ... ???? Don't know if that's still going on or not, as was years ago when I was considering it. At the time, wife couldn't deal with another winding road in the cars we 'had'. Seems she has no problem in present car, and handled Nan with no problem, surprisingly. Mae Sot to Thi Lo Su, is 200 kms/4.5 hrs, nuff said. Thi Lo Su Waterfall Another negative, it's 1 road in, 1 road out, to & through Umphang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 1 minute ago, KhunLA said: If heading that way, Mae Sot, may want to research Umphang Dist., Tak, especially if like 'the' waterfall, would think best in TH to see. They had a scam going, and why I never bothered. Insist you need a 4X4 to see, but can't use yours ... ???? Don't know if that's still going on or not, as was years ago when I was considering it. At the time, wife couldn't deal with another winding road in the cars we 'had'. Seems she has no problem in present car, and handled Nan with no problem, surprisingly. Mae Sot to Thi Lo Su, is 200 kms/4.5 hrs, nuff said. Thi Lo Su Waterfall Another negative, it's 1 road in, 1 road out, to & through Umphang. Was thinking Namtok Klong Lan in Kampaeng. It looks good. Easily to get to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 15 hours ago, LaosLover said: Plus, you can book a Chiang Saen mini-bus tour from there. No need to do that. I used the local bus to get to/ from and hired a taxi when there to go up to the Golden Triangle place and back. I don't like being told where to go and for how long I can stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 I think Mae Hong Song is really charming. Stop one night at the mountain Om Goi along the way for some nice weather and vistas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henryford Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 4:43 PM, LaosLover said: Fang's hot spring is not what it was. I read that here. I like to google image, say, Fang Downtown in deciding whether or not to go somewhere. One place where this kills the place is Chiang Rai. Chiang Rai has a really ugly downtown. I spent a pleasant few hours in a bar in Central Chiang Rai watching the clock tower change colour. The white temple is a must see in CR. The best in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Henryford said: I spent a pleasant few hours in a bar in Central Chiang Rai watching the clock tower change colour. The white temple is a must see in CR. The best in Thailand. Best white temple as maybe the only one. Ive seen much better temples overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) Superb chicken sate-only specialist near the clocktower. I like that little clutch of bars around the Wangcome Hotel. One even has a nightly band. The Wangcome Hotel is an 80's ugly masterpiece. Inside the vast lobby is a huge bass relief mural that should be in a museum. Chiang Mai grab cabs now have signs saying they'll do the drive to CR with stops at Chiang Doi, a hot spring, and the White and Black Temples RT for 2,500 baht. They'd take 2,000. A bit outside Mae Hong Son there's a meditation retreat place that draws a few westerners (partic young females). It's a very dramatic setting with a little cave shrine. Typically, you can't just drop into a meditation retreat center and have a wander, but this is Thailand. I donated a bag of rice and received a copper amulet. An assistant took the amulet from him to me, since it's a firm no abbot-touching allowed rule there. 'Had a half hour one on one with the English-speaking Thai abbot about discernment of sense tones. He was a proper teacher. Edited August 2, 2023 by LaosLover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Khao Yai National Park...going this month. Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary...going in October. Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 4:42 PM, Goat said: Fang has the best and cheapest opium. Now we're talking❗???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 the Ivory Tower BigNok lives in with his 9/10 wife.....................2nd choice 7-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Mae Sot looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 3:07 PM, LaosLover said: Gotta toss in 2-3 days in Mae Sot; one of the more interesting Mae's littering the North. Like Burma on a budget. And another renowned waterfall. Whats the grilled cheese and falafel scene down there??? asking for a friend ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 28 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said: Khao Yai National Park...going this month. Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary...going in October. Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary. Thanks ... heading that way this month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 10 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: Whats the grilled cheese and falafel scene down there??? asking for a friend ???? I had a B- falafel in Mae Sot. I'll bet at the refugee camp, they'd toss you a cheese sandwich. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: the Ivory Tower BigNok lives in with his 9/10 wife.....................2nd choice 7-11 He's taking his 9/10 GF for a date to 7/11? Respect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, LaosLover said: He's taking his 9/10 GF for a date to 7/11? Respect. She likes 7/11 as do i. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, LaosLover said: He's taking his 9/10 GF for a date to 7/11? Respect. a toasty is a toasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, LaosLover said: I had a B- falafel in Mae Sot. I'll bet at the refugee camp, they'd toss you a cheese sandwich. im watching my figure would they do a tossed salad if shes cute? i did get one of those in Cm--sadly that shop is now a weed shop, amongst the 1000 others ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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