Compared with yesterday, today had to be less stressful and it was. Another 7am start saw us on our way east for 25 kms and our first stop to visit the Akha hill tribe. We parked the cars and were decanted into 4×4 open pick-up trucks which would bus us up the hill to visit …
Day 26 — Chiang Rai to Nan
This is another first! A 12:30pm departure. The Meridien in Chiang Rai is a lovely hotel and a better place to spend half a day than Nan which is only 226 kms hence. So the morning started with us being serenaded from the courtyard in front of our rooms and set us up nicely for …
Day 27 — Nan to Luang Prabang
Our instructions were to leave at 07:30 and travel together to the Laos border. But such was the excitement of our crews that the carpark was empty by 07:30 to get to the border quickly. The drive was a treat of wonderful fast roads though a rural setting with a little rush hour traffic to …