The bus ride from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai today took about four hours. Across the aisle were four young men who sounded like they just met each other, perhaps at the…
Author: Caren
The White Temple of Chiang Rai
We visited Wat Rong Khun aka the White Temple. The white color symbolizes purity, and the mirror pieces symbolize enlightenment. Opened in 1997, this place is privately owned. Admission fee for an…
The Blue Temple of Chiang Rai
Wat Rong Seua Ten Map of Places Visited
Laos Buffalo Dairy
On the way back from Kuang Si Falls on April 23rd, we visited Laos Buffalo Dairy. There was no one working at the coffee hut at the entrance. A sign pointed to…
Kuang Si Falls
In Luang Prabang, Laos, we hired a tuk tuk driver to take us to Kuang Si Falls. Pick up was at 8:00 am. Somewhere along the way, a new mother along with…
The Hill Tribe Museum of Chiang Rai
After watching a 20-minute video about the hill tribes in Thailand, I concluded I’m from the tribe called Yao (also called Mien). I’ve always known I’m Cantonese. The Cantonese people originated from the provinces of Guangdong (Canton) and Guangxi
America’s Secret War in Laos
During the Vietnam war, the United States carried out 580,000 bombing missions over Laos, a neutral country in the Vietnam War. The bombings started in 1964. For nine years, Laos sustained an…
Visiting a Khmu Village in Laos
Directly across the river from our hotel balcony in Pak Beng is Mekong Elephant Park. When we left this morning, we saw two of their elephants hanging out by the river. We…
A Private Boat Trip up The Mekong River
We started our two-day-one-night cruise on the Mekong River from Luang Prabang this morning. We arrived in Pak Beng, Laos around 5:30 pm and will be spending the night at a hotel…
Luang Prabang Tidbits
We were seated by a river again tonight. Let’s hope I don’t wake up with mosquito bites swelling up all over like I did in Vientiane. Hashtag: kids gotta pay but mosquitoes…