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| The Royal Flora Expo - Jan 2007 |
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| Wat Rong Khun - Jan 2007 |
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| Visa Run Feb 2007 |
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| The Chiang Mai Royal Flora Expo too place during November 2006 until the end of January 2007 |
| Wat Rong Khun is just south of Chiang Rai. It was designed by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat and built mostly during 2005. |
| I routinely have to go out of Thailand to get some kind of visa. Here's the trip to Vientiane in Laos during mid February 2007. |
| View of Vientiane frtom across the Mekong River. Doesn't exactly look like a nations capital, does it? |
| The road between Nong Khai and Chiang Khan is appropriately marked as a scenic route. |
| The Mekong along this route is so dry this time of year (Feb) that you can walk across it. |
| Laos-style chedi at a temple near the small town of Thali in Loei Province. |
| Inside the temple is a stuffed two-headed calf. |
| Near Thali is the Bannakraseng border crossing to a remote corner of Laos. Foreigners can actually pass here, but there is no public transport onward and the next town is about 200km. |
| ... and a little bit further down the road is Luang Prabang. |
| It's actually Thailand's 2nd highest peak, Phu Soi Dao |
| Lonely mountain sunset somewhere in Nan Province. |
| Here's another remote border crossing to Laos, this one at the Thai town of Huay Khon. Foreigners can only pass here with a tour group or with letters of approval from the local authorities. |
| The sign at the Huay Khon border indicates that this crossing is the gateway to Indochina - Hong Sa and Luang Prabang, Muang La in China, and Vietnam. Funny there seemed to be no one crossing here. |
| Giant figures at Wat Suton Pana Kiri in Phrae Province, near the town of Denchai. |
| At the city of Phayao is a huge lake, with good scenery and sunsets. |
| One night in Vientiane. I have buckets more pics of Laos elsewhere. |
| We will soon have a cafe. First have to cover up those ugly yellow walls! |
| The resort next door is actually statrting to look like something. We've been listening to construction noise 12 hours/day, 7 days/week for the past 14 months. |
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| March 14 2007 - we're in the midst of the worst pollution haze in many years. I'm hiding inside until we get some rain. |