The Kantoke stage.................................................Yummy Northern Thai food
Beautiful ladies dancing
Video I took - Lion or Goat Dance?
Maesa Elephant Camp
This is a real big elephant’s camp. I think there are at least 50 elephants in this camp. I bought some bananas to feed the elephant. The elephant that I sat on ate all the bananas I bought at one go! It was fun to see the elephants playing football and paint pictures. Cute pachyderms!
Show time!................................................................Elephant painting
Cute Elephants playing football
Orchid Farm
There are lots of orchid hybrids here. There is also a small enclosure for various types of butterfly.
My wife snap this shot......................Shiny golden butterfly pupa
Chiang Rai Hot Springs
The ladies in our tour group are not interested in the hot springs. They went straight to some of the shops there to do their shopping immediately without even stopping by to look at the hot spring. My wife bought around 10 pcs of silver jewelries! Have to change some more Thai Bahts again!
Manage to capture this picture from the van.
Wrong spelling 'sping'
White Temple- Wat Rongkhun Chiang Rai
This beautiful temple is still under construction. Each small pieces of mirror that are embedded on the cement make the structure sparkle under the rays of the sun.
Construction on the way........................................Me, at the White Temple, Chiang Rai
Long Neck Karen Village
I was told that the ladies in this tribe wear the heavy metal rings to protect their neck from tiger attack. The heavy rings pushed down the shoulder bones and therefore make the neck appear long. Their neck will break easily if the rings are taken out and normally these people will suffer from respiratory problem when they are old. The tradition is slowly dying and most of the young generation chooses not to wear this cumbersome rings anymore. These people are actually not from this area. They are brought here by the tourism people to stay in this village for a fee. The place they originated from is very remote, near the Loas border.
A Longneck Karen lady and boy..........................A pretty young longneck Karen girl
Umbrella Factory
Northern Thailand made umbrellas are very popular. The Saa tree fibre is used to produce the paper for making the umbrella. I bought one nice red umbrella for my daughter.
Drying papers and umbrellas in the sun..............Saa tree that is used to make the paper
Nice paintings at the umbrella factory. You can get your clothes painted there too!
Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle is where three countries meet; Burma, Thailand and Loas. These areas are popular places for growing poppy plants which are used to make drugs. We had lunch at a restaurant near the Mekong River. The dishes served are beancurd sheet wrapped meat (like lobak), spicy tomyam that I learned to cook ( Fiery Hot Vegan Basil Soup), tomato sauce meat, fried fish and vegetable. After lunch took a ride down Mekong River and crossed over to no man land, Donsao, Laos. Shopping again!
Lunch next to bank of Mekong River..................Yours truly in Laos
Aphrodisiac liquors with lizard, snake, pangolin, frog......& this one with tiger penis (drink already hari -hari mau lorrr, wife will kill you!) 
Dinner at one of the Chinese restaurant on the way back to Chiang Mai. The Thepprasit honey and pollen that we bought for our son who is having sinus problem. The honey is real nice, maybe because of the poppy flowers. These stuffs cost a bomb! Luckily, my son's sinus problem improved a bit.
The Suriwongse Hotel at Chiangmai. Convenient location, the night market is just outside the hotel. 
