Golden triangle & Bangkok

Hi all, it's been a few days since I last posted so thought I'd better do an update. A lot of the time has been spent travelling so there's not much to say really!







On Thursday we left Tha Ton by longtail boat to Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, from there we caught a bus up to the famous golden triangle where the countries of Myanmar (Burma), Laos & Thailand meet. It was apparently notorious for drug smuggling and trades between countries and they have an Opium museum there telling you about it. Following that we went back to Chiang Rai and ate in the town square where there are loads of food stalls around and a stage with some entertainment (a band and some Thai ladyboy singing)







The next day we caught the bus back to Chiang Mai and then the overnight train to Bangkok which is where I am now until tomorrow evening when we're catching the train down south.

I'm looking forward to going down to the south of the country and to some of the islands away from the busy city and street hawkers of Bangkok.