I've been too lazy and with little time to write - I'm back on the road. My internship is already finished and I'm now travelling in the north of Thailand. I will then go to Laos, Vietnam, will be shortly in Malaysia and back to Phuket. So, in the lack of words, I leave you with some pictures.
Bangkok - Chiang Rai, 22-28 March
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| Traffic jam, shopping malls...welcome to Bangkok |
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| Bangkok skyline seen from the 37o. floor |
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| At the Royal Palace in Bangkok |
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| Royal Palace, Bangkok |
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| Destruction on the margins of the Kok river (north of Thailand). They extract small stones from the bottom of the river for the construction industry. I´ve seen the same thing happening in the Amazon :( |
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| Elephant ride. I had to hold on tight not to be thrown away. Despite all the eating in Thailand, I´m still quite light :) |
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| Also, quite a lot of degradation here... |
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| The Akha tribe, one of the many hill tribes living in the north of Thailand |
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| Budhist temple at the top of the ¨Monkey Cave¨ |
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| The borderline between Thailand and Myanmar (or Burma) |
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| The Golden Triangle. On my side (where I took the picture) it´s Thailand. On the right side, it´s Laos, and on the left, Myanmar. The meadow on the Myanmar side used to be an opium plantation |
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| Throw a coin and it will end up at the Budha belly :S |
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| At a famous temple in Sae Mae (if I´m not mistaken) |
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| In Chiang-Khong, by the Mekong river. See the smokey sky? It´s the time of fires for plantations |
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| The next day, I´ll be crossing to Laos, just there at the other side of the river, and take a 2-day boat trip to Louang Prabang. |
Until the next upload!
