I wanted to sign for a tour to visit the golden triangle
So we signed up for a full day tour to Chiang rai
Which includes visit to hot spring, white temple, black museum, golden triangle
The tour was 1000 bahts per person
Starts at 7am to 8pm
The person warn us that the car trip back will be 3hours!
The van came at 730am
We were the second last to be pick up
And had to be seated in the squeezy and lack of aircon last row
We read on the plane's magazine that Chiang Mai is very popular with china tourists
And it was cny holidays
Apart from another couple, the whole van was of china tourists
Which were not the best tourists to travel with
It crazy how china tourists really invaded Thailand
Because most signs were written in Thai and Chinese
And the people are can speak a little of Chinese!
The hot spring was actually a toilet stopover
After about 1hour drive
So we spent only 15mins there
A lot of people were soaking their legs
But we were not so adventurous
And just took some photos
I think I tend to sleep in car to avoid car sickness
We were so surprised how I seem to be able to keep sleeping
Even in the uncomfortable seats
After another 1+ hour drive, we arrived at white temple
It was hot and really crowded
Basically a queue to enter, turn a round and leave
Kind of remind me of tourists visiting notre dame in Paris.
Husband was energetic to visit while I'm constantly looking for shade to hide
Although lunch was included,
I thought the tour will bring us to some touristy place and we must pay.
But they brought us to a local eatery near the temple, with other tour groups.
Lunch was hainanese chicken rice with free flow of fried egg, vegetables and soup.
I'm quite glad not to pay for nicer food.
After was another 50min drive
This time husband managed to sleep a little
I think is after lunch perfect nap!
The black museum was some sort the home of an artist
I dont find it interesting and dont like the amount of animals skins, horns etcs used
We found a place to have a coconut and rest.
We didn't want to go to the Karen longneck tribe
Because we felt it must be very commercialized
Our group has a few persons who signed up for that so we had to go with them
But didn't went in to visit
But stayed outside to eat an ice cream
And walked around the shops.
Finally, we were heading to the golden triangle!
Initially I thought we can have the passport chopes of Burma and Laos
But we didn't
It was basically a boat ride down the mwkong river
Which was flowing down the 3 countries
We did had a stopover at a Laos island
Which the guide claimed to sell thing much cheaper than Thailand
And spent 30mins there
I managed to buy a powerbank and some socks for husband
Not really sure is cheaper than Thailand
There were many kids asking for money
And the guide warned us that if you give to one, others will follow you
If you give them money, they will skip school to always come ask for money
I found a few free candies in my bag
So I just gave candies to the kids
It is definitely not a pleasant feeling to see the kids.
We then took the boat back and arrived at 5
The guide inform us that it will be a 4hours drive back to Chiang Mai!
There will be a toilet break after 2hrs
We tried to find some snacks but nothing much interest us
Lucky for me, I fell asleep shortly after
I woke up about 1.5hours and husband was struggling to fall asleep
But was unsuccessful and feeling sad that he may fall asleep fast when we arrived.
I tried to accompany husband and played on my phone
Wrong choice!
I got car sick in less than 3mins
And was really feeling unwell trying not to vomit
Luckily we arrived the toilet stop
Which was a shop selling local goodies
I managed to find a pack of sour stuff
And felt better after.
The van reached chiangmai at about 9pm
We were the last to alight at 940pm
We were discussing to stop at some where for dinner as it was late
We couldn't made the decision in time
I remembered there was a street stall opp our hotel
And was hoping that it was open
Lucky for us, it was opened!
We only had 2 choices
To eat stew pork rice at the street stall
At 30baht per person
Or very expensive hotel restaurant where 1 dish is about 200baht onwards
I managed to persuade husband to go for the street food
And was glad it tasted fine with many locals coming fo it.
After so many sleeps on the van,
I was still able to fall asleep at the same time as husband
I'm so well suited for road trip! Haha
I wont really recommend this trip unless you have a lot of time to spare.
It's not expensive but its really board the bus to sleep and alight the bus to take photo kind of trip.
就是上车睡觉，下车尿尿。
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