Work
was desperately tiring. Both of us needed a trip desperately.
Though it was a harshly prepared trip, we were glad to get
out of boring Sillypore, away from work and all, to come
to Bangkok/Chiang Rai. I had a secret agenda to visit an
Akha village that I had heartlessly forsaken 5 years ago,
and was really disappointed by my expectations. Though we
found a heavenly place called Mae Salong, went to Chiang
Rai and ate our favorite roast pork rice. The overall feeling
was gloom, at least for me.
I
really wondered.... What is life? And what is not? |
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Khao
San Road (KSR). The long awaited trip to the Backpackers'
Mecca in Bangkok. A place where like-minded people concentrated.
Wonderful on the surface, it is a lonely place filled with
desolutes, drug peddlers, farangs and people like me who
simply wants to get his Pat Tai and Singha! What a way to
start this trip. Check out the Heineken sigange that states
"MORE PLEASE." |
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Me and
Bb in Peachy Guest House. Room A. Aircon. 250B/nite ($10).
Private cold shower. I get to share a nice sitting toilet
bowl with other Farangs. |
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Bb! I
called out to her after we had Brunch of Thai Green Curry
and rice. She kindly obliges for a photo. Morning at KSR.
Just a few Farangs drinking their Beer Changs. |
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Bb in
front of Peachy Guest House. We were getting back to Don
Muang Airport to continue our trip to Chiang Rai. |
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I swore
that this will be my working uniform someday. I force Bb
to take a picture of me drinking Singha by the bottle and
holding a Lonely Planet Thailand. This is life! |
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Ban Basang.
Junction of Chiang Rai/Mae Sai and Mae Salong. Just 5 minutes
after Mae Chan. We were waiting for the Songthaew. Nice
shop selling touristy products. I got a cornetto and a coke. |
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Finally
arrived at Mae Salong. We were amazed by its sheer beauty.
Wonderful place except for the slight drizzle. Heaven is
a place on earth. This was a deserted mountaineous area
near the Burmese Border suggested that the Thais had placed
them there in order to guard any backleash from the Burmese.
Just only 40 years and it has its own Karaoke Lounge. The
brilliance of the Chinese! |
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Are you
amazed that no traces of beer appeared yet on this page?
It has! I looked like a hunchback enjoying his cold Singha
on a hill. Very quiet place. |
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Timer
function. Bb with her wine cooler and me with a big bottle
of LCR (Yunan Beer). A bottle was 39B ($1.70) |
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Bb again.
This time with a tree where flowers simply droops downwards.
We thought it was strange. |
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