February 4th Yogurt´s Birthday - off we went for our Visa Run and combined it with some research in the North.....We made it to the border in 2.5 hrs all went well at the border and then we continued to Chiang Saen where we spend the night.
Market at Mae Sai - Border Town
Bridge to Myanmar
This funny building at the entrance to the village turned out to be a Motel.
Exploring Chiang Saen: The town was built in 1323 and was part of the Lanna Kingdom at that time. After it has been destroyed by the Burmese in the 1760s people were deported to other parts of the country and the region was scarcely inhabited. In 1801 people gradually returned and used the fertile Mekong Delta for agricultural purposes and the city was re-erected.
Today the ruins of the 14th century are spred all over the city and the old wall is still partly existing.
An interesting stroll through Thailand´s history.
Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit in Chiang Saen...1323 wurde Chaing Saen gegründet und war Teil des Lanna Reiches. In den 1760 ern wurde die Stadt von den Burmesen zerstört und die Menschen wurden deportiert. Erst um 1800 wurden wieder Menschen am fruchtbaren Mekong Delta angesiedelt und die Stadt wurde wieder aufgebaut....
Ruins and temples all over the place
Überall stolpert man über Ruinen und Tempel
Food Stalls along the River
Essensstände am Fluss
The old city walls
Die alten Stadtmauern
Chiang Saen Golden Land - our hut for the night.
Chiang Saen Golden Land - ein wenig abperltes Resort -
The next morning I took one of the old bikes at the resort and toured the ruins again - it was not really the best idea for my leg....but fun
Am morgen habe ich ein Velo aus dem Resort genommen und bin ein bisschen den Maekhong entlang geradelt... nicht so gut für mein Bain aber Spass hats gemacht
On the way to Chiang Khong there was this funny light coming up on the dashboard... so we checked at Toyota - The diesel filter needed to be changed no big deal and not many people at the garage-- so we continued to Chiang Kham
Grand Villa Chiang Kham
Our fav restaurant in Chiang Kham..
Phayao - another day of research
City Pillar Shrine of Phayao
On our way to Wat Tilokaram a little shrine on the lake - accompanied by a nice Thai couple that lives in Prague.
War Tilokaram, ein kleiner Tempel auf dem See - bei der Überfahrt lernten wir eine nettes Thai Päärli kennen, die in Prag leben
Sunset by the lake
A stroll through teh city centre early in the morning
A beautiful example of Lanna architecture
Ein schönes Beispiel von Lanna Architektur
Preparation for Chinese New Year
Alle Vorbereitungen fürs chinesiche Neujahr wurden getroffen
