Last weekend was one of those weekends we decided not to go
away and to stay in Mae Sai to save money. But this didn’t stop us from
planning a great adventure! We filled up our scooters with petrol, (this only
costs about 60-80 thai baht) and headed towards Mae Chaen for the golden
triangle. The golden triangle is the point where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand
meet on the Mekong River. It also has something to do with the opium
trafficking in this area, hence the name golden triangle. It took us about
forty minutes to scooter there over some beautiful mountains overlooking the
most stunning scenery I have ever seen. I was taking one passenger and Emma was
on her own scooter, with plans to swap for the journey home later.We arrived in a quaint little backpacker town with a few shops, markets, a giant Buddha and an amazing little pizza restaurant which we went to for lunch. We looked around the town and watched a Thai dance performance that we stumbled upon along the road. The drive home was equally if not more stunning with mountains, rice fields and jungle stretching ahead endlessly.
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