smokie36 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Mate ... no needs to travel to the Northern Wilds ... Rural Thailand is alive and well closer to the Cities then you think. Rustic accommodation we can provide ... LR DSCF6399.JPG Suitable for the larger family However, should you wish something more interment intimate ... LR DSCF5536.JPG Couples Cottage (with private en-suite and pantry) LR Baa Tdim 054.jpg Private Gondola Tours Long boat ride ... no problem! We can even offer a spot of fishing Traditional method. When can we expect your booking? Well you did ask for "expansive replies" More seriously, I did stay at the Lisu Lodge when I first came to Thailand and found that quite enchanting. We got a sanitised version of the Hill Tribes there. Glad you enjoyed the trip and I'm sure there are more photos to share ... . Great post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDGRUEN Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I have a friend named Tom who resides in Sakon Nakhon. Tom is a consummate explorer of North East Thailand and has been for many years. He goes by the moniker 'Tom Isaan'. Tom has a website where he chronicles his many years of exploring the greater Issan area in and around Udon thani over to Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon ... down to Khon Kaen and Kalasin including the adjacent Mekong River basin area. It seems that Tom has been to nearly every nook and cranny in this part of Isaan. The subjects Tom researches, explores and documents includes Seri Thai - the 'Free Thai' populist resistance to the Japanese occupation of Thailand in WWII. This includes old paramilitary camps and airstrips. Tom also documents Thai Historical sites and Buddhist shrines and monuments. Recently Tom has helped document the location of my old Army camp in the Phu Phan area. Many GPS coordinates for the rfegion have been recorded. If you are exploring out of the way places in this area of the Isaan region - then you might want to contact Tom via his website - perhaps arrange a visit in Sakon Nakhon. Tom also has an explorer buddy named Larry who lives in Khon Kaen. http://isaan-live.com/non-muang-chumpae-khon-kaen-isaan-thailand-2/ http://isaan-live.com/prae-pan-and-the-handicraft-center-for-northeastern-women-developmentkhon-kaenthailand/ http://isaan-live.com/khrong-chandawong-memorialsawang-daen-din-sakon-nakhonthailand/ http://isaan-live.com/what-happened-on-28-january-1945-in-sakon-nakhonthailand/ http://isaan-live.com/sites-of-historical-military-significance-in-northeast-thailandf/ If any of you have a Thai spouse and children - then you might find that Tom's collection of Thai Historic information to be a valuable aid in the children's education about the history of their country. To what extent do Thais have a consistent history? I was taught history at school, and the history I was taught was subtly different from that taught to my English compatriots beyond the Tweed. To what extent can the regions of Thailand teach their own history? One can't rreally criticise the Thais for having their own history, until one has thoroughly deconstructed one's own, SC SC ... I have read your series of questions several times. I am not a Thai historian and really cannot properly respond about consistency or regional teaching. Also the statement about criticizing the Thais - well - I can't related to this statement at all. On the other hand, I have read several lengthy articles about Thai history going back about 500 years including the various occupations of the Southern border area with Malaysia and the rise and fall episodes of the Ayutthaya based kingdoms which I found to be fascinatingly complex. Plus I recently found a lengthy article relative to the communist influence on Thailand beginning around the time of the Chinese Communist Revolution into the 1970s. Alternatively, what my friend Tom has to offer is information involving historic locations in Isaan most of which is more modern history of the last 70 years or so. All in all I don't think this rather droll discussion adds much to this topic thread and believe Blether's photos are much more interesting - even exciting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblether Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks JDGRUEN........I followed one of your links and ended up getting lost in Thailand 1967, it was a truly fascinating experience and some of the photos posted were mystical, a Thailand now lost, as well as photos of youth now long gone. There's a well of knowledge on this website that is hidden to many due to the amount of witless cowardly trolls that appear here. What they are doing is preventing a whole world of knowledge from opening up to all of us that are interested in Thailand and Thai history, including recent Thai history. That's everybody's loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblether Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 That's the trip report up.............. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/644767-trip-report-slow-boat-to-luang-prabang-laos/#entry6480820 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDGRUEN Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks JDGRUEN........I followed one of your links and ended up getting lost in Thailand 1967, it was a truly fascinating experience and some of the photos posted were mystical, a Thailand now lost, as well as photos of youth now long gone. There's a well of knowledge on this website that is hidden to many due to the amount of witless cowardly trolls that appear here. What they are doing is preventing a whole world of knowledge from opening up to all of us that are interested in Thailand and Thai history, including recent Thai history. That's everybody's loss. I got lost in Thailand in 1967 ... took me half a day to find my unit again.. funny how one patch of jungle looks just like another 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 That's the trip report up.............. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/644767-trip-report-slow-boat-to-luang-prabang-laos/#entry6480820 Have a read of that ... lots of good photos and travel advice. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDGRUEN Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 That's the trip report up.............. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/644767-trip-report-slow-boat-to-luang-prabang-laos/#entry6480820 Went through the whole and bookmarked it ... for a future trip ... thanks Blether ... well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHammer Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I have not stayed in a remote Mekong village, but I have a recurring fantasy of setting up in a such and creating a cult around my persona in the style of Apocalypse Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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