chiangrai 2005 - 14 Wat Phra Borommathat trek

[141205] forest for sale by e roadside, including wild orchids:



photos by YK

start of trek up to Wat Phra Borommathat - uphill all e way along e right fork:



every day, tour buses thunder up e left fork from Chiangmai on their way to Mae Sai



photos by YK



familiar plants:



saa3 seua2 (according to Jamu):



everyone's favourite plant during A.W.E.! 2004 expedition - a super vicious type of mimosa:




e fruits are covered with little stiff hairs (above left) & e stems with sharp thorns (above right) with a damning affinity for bare skin & clothing.


photo by YK

just ahead of us, a visually impaired man & his father slowly made their way out of their house & started walking to work, carrying their knives & accompanied by their two dogs:


photo by YK

mountains all around:


photo by YK

how far we have to go:


photo by YK

Burma isn't very far off from here:



village in e distance:




someone/something had a chestnut feast by e roadside:



beauty pockmarked by swiddening/slash & burn agriculture:




flowers:





getting nearer:




Wat Phra Borommathat & e Princess Mother pagoda at last:




look like cookies! =)



unfortunately we took e wrong path down, stepping on horse poop that we thought was mud, & ended up at this road leading to an Akha village:


photo by YK

view of Mae Salong:



Ayah Pin has shifted his Sky Kingdom 'teapot cult' from Terengganu to Chiangrai, disguising it within a Mae Salong tea plantation to hide it from e Malaysian government =P



e northeastern half of Mae Salong:



e 7-Eleven:



e mosque above Shin Sane Guesthouse:



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