Night Market in Chang Rai – Chiang Rai, Thailand (forum hotel chiang rai satisfied)

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Chiang Rai, Thailand by TravelPod blogger Tonypop. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Night Market in Chang Rai “Chang Rai, my last stop before Laos. Boring little town, not much to say about it other that it is basically a gateway to The Golden Triangle and to Laos. Most of the travelers don’t spend to much time in CR but they do book a very diverse set of Tribe Villages treks. If you are into that this is probably the best place to do it. The Golden Triangle is the area in the north of Thailand where Laos, Burma and Thailand share a point of border. Historically this was a region characterized by poverty and 90% of world’s Poppy production. Although Thailand managed successfully to replace that with tourism, Burma and Laos are still big producers of poppy and are confronted with serious opium addiction among the villagers in the area. But back to CR. A quick tour of the city really convinced me to rent a bicycle and get out of town for something more interesting. So I did and I was not disappointed. Once out of town I found my self cycling through the a beautiful countryside with gentle rolling hills and tall limestone mountains popping up everywhere, caves, sugar cane and yes, the mighty Mekong River. Don’t forget is the dry season, so the Mekong is not really that mighty but sure enough it’s a big river. Some of the caves were quite interesting. Monkeys Cave for example: perched up inside this mountain …
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