Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Constitutional day - another day off!

So yes, I've had 2 days off in the last week. Not so shabby... My coordinator Charin asked me to join him and his family on day excursion to Doi Mae Salong, which was incredible. Mae Salong is a village up in the mountains on the Burmese border. It is famous for its tea business run by the Chinese. We made several pitstops as shown by the pictures below.



Hot springs...
Chiang Rai winter morning mist...


the orange grove where we stopped and took way too many pictures!






With Charin, his wife and his son's friend.




With Simon, and Fame (Charin's son) in the pick up truck!










On the temple balcony overlooking Burma...




Right there, that's Burma!


refueling!






Mae Salong from above.

We stopped at a tea plantation and again took way too many pictures!


She is standing up higher than me, and I still look HUGE!




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2 comments:

Unknown said...

juliet---looks absolutely dope! I remember being there not too long ago. We really need to start coordinating our schedules. I say we pull Alex away for a summer in between his yrs of law school and embark on an adventure. There's no doubt we would have a ridiculous time.

Bueno, miss u lady. Hope the head's a little better! Did your mom freak or what??

Mariel Murray said...

Hey!! Welcome to Asia, the land of small people (or at least, the land where us westerners feel huge!!)! hahaha looks like you are having a ton of fun despite the fall...looking forward to exploring and dancing with you in April!!! xxxx