Friday 5th March – Sunday 7th March 2010
The Kok River at Tha Ton
looking upstream
and downstream
a good place to go for Songkran maybe
Route 1234 KIu Sataa - Doi Mae Salong
R1234 Doi Mae Salong - Akha Sam Yaek
and the fires are burning out of control
its tinder dry & look at that carpet of dry leaves just waiting to go up in flames!
A little further on almost "green"
A smoked sunset
Route 3051 Akha Sam Yaek - Thoed Thai
In Thoed Thai it was the annual Thoed Thai Women's group meeting. Rim Taan John's wife is the leader of the group & John is naturally an adviser
Sneaky couple that John & his wife are, they tricked the GT Rider into giving an address.
Back on the road onto Chiang Saen
R1016 is being widened into 4-lane
All the old trees are going & the roadside drain is being filled in.
The Mekong at Chiang Saen
upstream towards the Golden Triangle
Downstream & the cargo port
Chiang Saen - Chiang Khong
The Kok River bridge where the rivers runs into the Mekong
The river
what there is of it
Wat Mae Ngoen is a beautiful temple & all decked out for a festival the next day
R4007 The Mekong River Road
there is 5 kms of easy road works by Rai Saeng Arun Resort
The Rai Saeng Arun resort seminar room
hard to believe this was under water in the flood last time
The river downstream
Route 1190 Chiang Saen - Chiang Khong
