October 25, 2006

chiangrai 2005 - 14 Wat Phra Borommathat trek

[141205] forest for sale by e roadside, including wild orchids:

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photos by YK

start of trek up to Wat Phra Borommathat - uphill all e way along e right fork:

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every day, tour buses thunder up e left fork from Chiangmai on their way to Mae Sai

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photos by YK

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familiar plants:

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saa3 seua2 (according to Jamu):

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everyone's favourite plant during A.W.E.! 2004 expedition - a super vicious type of mimosa:

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e fruits are covered with little stiff hairs (above left) & e stems with sharp thorns (above right) with a damning affinity for bare skin & clothing.

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photo by YK

just ahead of us, a visually impaired man & his father slowly made their way out of their house & started walking to work, carrying their knives & accompanied by their two dogs:

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mountains all around:

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how far we have to go:

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Burma isn't very far off from here:

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village in e distance:

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someone/something had a chestnut feast by e roadside:

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beauty pockmarked by swiddening/slash & burn agriculture:

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flowers:

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getting nearer:

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Wat Phra Borommathat & e Princess Mother pagoda at last:

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look like cookies! =)

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unfortunately we took e wrong path down, stepping on horse poop that we thought was mud, & ended up at this road leading to an Akha village:

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photo by YK

view of Mae Salong:

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Ayah Pin has shifted his Sky Kingdom 'teapot cult' from Terengganu to Chiangrai, disguising it within a Mae Salong tea plantation to hide it from e Malaysian government =P

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e northeastern half of Mae Salong:

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e 7-Eleven:

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e mosque above Shin Sane Guesthouse:

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