Day 11 (2 May 2011) - Chiang Rai, the land of dreams

Its time to leave Chiang Mai after spending 3 good days there. Our next destination is Chiang Rai. Its a land of dreams! Read on and you'll understand why.. its got everything a young man can dream of.

Welcome to the Land of Dreams

Lao Sai still eat ice cream!!?!

wiseoldman drinking tea

We put up at Diamond Park Inn. For 550Baht a room, we get a decent sized room, quite comfy beds, and rather clean toilets. Only drawback is Wifi can only be accessed in the lobby area.

Recommended by bochapoldmen.

Lunch at a roadside stall selling pork, and other parts of the pig

delicious!

Chiang Rai is quite multi- religious. In close proximity, we found...

A Church

A mosque

And a temple

Here's why Chiang Rai is a land of dreams!

They have...

Vintage Combi vans that one can only dream of

cool looking 4X4s..

Dream bike

And dream weapon collection!

Wiseoldman decided to send the souvenirs he bought back to the rest of the Bochap group by air mail. So guys, look out for the parcel!

Oldman at his favourite spot.

A cool road divider

Chiang Rai is also big on lotteries. They have a daily draw. Here's a kid trying to sell tickets to passing cars.

And another one.

Here's the best of the lot, a dog picking your lucky lottery ticket.

The old clock tower in Chiang Rai was replaced by this new golden one to honour the King.

The famous clock tower that changes colour between 8 - 9 pm.

Citizens paying their respects to King Mengrai. Mengrai the Great was the first king of Chiang Mai, capital of the Lanna Kingdom.

Worshippers of the King

Burning Bush

Pavillion at the centre of the night bazaar

Dinnertime!

Kids playing in the make believe ship

girl behind bars

Tigress cub

Future monk

Planning for the next day for the BIG crossing. We ARE finally going to Laos!!