[141205] forest for sale by e roadside, including wild orchids:
photos by YK
start of trek up to Wat Phra Borommathat - uphill all e way along e right fork:
every day, tour buses thunder up e left fork from Chiangmai on their way to Mae Sai
photos by YK
familiar plants:
saa3 seua2 (according to Jamu):
everyone's favourite plant during A.W.E.! 2004 expedition - a super vicious type of mimosa:
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.
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:
photo by YK
mountains all around:
photo by YK
how far we have to go:
photo by YK
Burma isn't very far off from here:
village in e distance:
someone/something had a chestnut feast by e roadside:
beauty pockmarked by swiddening/slash & burn agriculture:
flowers:
getting nearer:
Wat Phra Borommathat & e Princess Mother pagoda at last:
look like cookies! =)
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:
photo by YK
view of Mae Salong:
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
e northeastern half of Mae Salong:
e 7-Eleven:
e mosque above Shin Sane Guesthouse:
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