2007 - Asia - Day 16 - Chang Rai, Thailand

We left our hotel at 7:30 today for the airport to fly to Chang Rai. Once here, we discovered our flight had been cancelled. They put us on a flight this afternoon at 1:45. They let us go ahead and check in our luggage. We spent the time shopping, eating, reading, etc. Once in Chang Rai, we drove 30 mins to the Burma border. We just took pictures of the area and walked through some shops. We then went to our hotel and checked in. It is not as nice as the others, but it is really cool. It is in a primitive, jungle like setting with beautiful landscaping. I even got to see and take pictures of some lotus fields and blossoms. We then walked up the street and boarded our boat on the Mekong River. We are here in the Golden Triangle of Thailand, Laos, and Burma. We sailed along the shored of Burma, and then we stopped at Laos and did some shopping along their streets. They even sold snakes in bottles! :/ I bought a cool bow and arrows for the boys. The sun had set at this point, and we rode the boat back to our hotel in the dark. We had a buffet dinner. It was our first meal since breakfast 13 hours earlier, so we were hungry! Oh!! The pineapple here is incredible! It is so sweet and juicy I could eat it like candy! I had no idea pineapple could taste so good. After dinner, Mark and I walked down the street to the Golden Buddha and took some pictures. When we got back to the hotel, Cary Billings was playing on the grand piano in the lobby. Several members of our group were down listening to him play. I laid back on the couch and looked up at the walls and ceiling, and noticed about 10 or more little lizards crawling around and several black and white butterflies. It was kind of cool, but weird!