Myanma : Chiangtung and MongLa

September 2007 , me and my friend have plan to visit Myanma, to the Chiangtung and Mongla City. We post at web trekkingthai for find 2 friends who want to go and share expenses about car rental and guide. We go Chaingrai north of thai by bus and reach Chaingrai about 7.00 and we go the checkpoint of thai and cross the bridge to Myanma state. Our guide wait us at the checkpoint of Myanma. His name is Mr.Sai Long, he help us about information to go his country.
Then he bring us to his car. All our trip we use this car and Mr.Sai Long take care us very thing. He take information about every checkpoint on the way. The car run cross many mountain, the side is mountain and the farm rice. There is pure nature. First day he drive car long way to go MongLa , Mongla is city closer with China, that place is casino city, food animal and prostitute. I dont like this city but it ok for spend one day for see the diffirent place.



Mong La city you will see the Chade Jinda stand on the mountain in the middle town. The Myanma Buddhism and stly is very sweet and beautiful. Chade Jinda in the night is very beautiful like big gold Chade. At the Chade you can see view around town.



We check in to stay in the hotel. Our guide tell us about at the night time will have somebody to knock the door. He said dont open the door cause the woman who want service sex they knock the door for find the customer. And yes i hear that all night.

Next morning we leave MongLa to go Chiangtung. Chiangtung in the past is land of Thailand. But about something problem in the past, we lose this place to Myanma. I love Chiangtung , here is very nice city with pure culture. Here have about 100 temples. Our guide take us to see the temple around town.

Tonight we stay at one nice Guest house. Owner guest house is cousin of Mr.Sai Long. Oposit guest house is Market.

Next day Mr. Sai Long take us to go the Mui Mountain. The car drive cross many mountain and sometime the road is repairing. We pass the old villa, on the mountain view you will see the farm rice on the mountain, everyplace of mountain the farmer take it to grown the rice.

On top the mountain is the old house of England Army in the pass. This house about 100 year old.

After come from the mountain we go many temple and then back to stay at guesthouse.

Next day Mr. Sai Long bring us to back Chaingrai. He give us for shopping at area checkpoint of Myanma and than he take us to checkpoint for safety. We give him about money for rent car and give some tip for him too. We come to Chaingrai bus station and wait the time to back to Bangkok.

The Phi Ta Khon(Ghost Fastival)

Phi Ta Khon is a type of masked procession celebrated on the first day of a three-day Buddhist merit-making holiday known in Thai as “Boon Pra Wate”. The annual festival takes place in *May, June or July at a small town of Dan Sai in the northeastern province of Loei.
Participants of the festival dress up like ghosts and monsters wearing huge masks made from carved coconut-tree trunks, topped with a wicker-work sticky-rice steamer. The procession is marked by a lot of music and dancing.
The precise origin of the Phi Ta khon is unclear. However, it can be traced back to a traditional Buddhist folklore. In the Buddha’s next to last life, he was the beloved Prince Vessandorn. The prince was said to go on a long trip for such a long time that his subjects forgot him and even thought that he was already dead. When he suddenly returned, his people were over-joyed. They welcomed him back with a celebration so loud that it even awoke the dead who then joined in all the fun.
From that time onward the faithful came to commemorate the event with ceremonies, celebrations and the donning of ghostly spirit masks. The reasons behind all the events is probably due to the fact that it was held to evoke the annual rains from the heavens by farmers and to bless crops.
On the second day, the villagers dance their way to the temple and fire off the usual bamboo rockets to signal the end of the procession. The festival organisers also hold contests for the best masks, costumes and dancers, and brass plaques are awarded to the winners in each age group. The most popular is the dancing contest.
Then comes the last day of the event, the villagers then gather at the local temple, Wat Ponchai, to listen to the message of the thirteen sermons of the Lord Buddha recited by the local monks.
Then it is time for the revellers to put away their ghostly masks and costumes for another year. From now on, they must again return to the paddy fields to eke out their living through rice farming as their forefathers did.

North of Laos : Vientiane, LuangPrabang, VangVieng

Let go to LuangPrabang!!!! ... November 14-20 , 2006. This year the 3 Gang backpacker plan to go North of Laos. We go by Vip bus from Bangkok to Nongkai. We spend the time 1 night on the bus. The bus drop us at Nongkai Bus station then we go the checkpoint of Thai , for thai people no need visa , use only passport. After cross the bridge Thai-Laos we go to checkpoint of Laos, We write information on the paper and give them the check , than we go to Vientiane Bus Station. At Bus station we get tiket 11.30 and reach to LaungPrabang at 23.30. This trip very long time it over 24 hour from Bangkok to LaungPrabang.

On the way, the main road have only 2 way go and back and it danger when 2 bus come hurry up. But the driver is good drive in this way. After reach LuangPragang we let the 3whells car find the room for us , casue it late to find room by my self ...

The Guest house is the big house and they have many room for traveler , they have room with bathroom and room share bathroom. The owner will build small house for stay in that area. The first night at LuangPrabang we get small room with share bathroom cause full room but we no worry about it. The owner say tomorrow some big room will check out we will move to big room.

Next morning we wake up early cause today we have plan to visit temple around here. After breatfast we go temple by 3wheels , the driver drive on the road side MeaKhong river. The most beautiful and favorite temple is ChiangTong Temple. This temple build by the king of Laos for long time.

After we walk to other temple , LuangPrabang have many temple and many guest house. but here not have hight building cause this town get the word Heritage Site from Unesco. Then we walk to Grand Palace LuangPrabang, this Palace not big more but the art of decolate is beautiful one.

Oposit of Grand Palace is Prathat Luangprabang. Prathat stand on the mountain. We walk to the mountain and see the nice view 360C. We stay there for see the sunset there.

Next day, we early wake up in the morning cause we want to make merit, that is give food for the monk, At LuangPragang have many many monk walk in the morning. The walk around town, it is the beautiful way for buddhism. After brestfast we go the port in front of ChiangTong Temple for go Ting Cave. We rent the private boat to travel half day trip. He bring us to Sa Paper village to see how to do Sa paper, then go the place to make the alcohol, there we see the many animal mix in the bottom of alcohol. Them though is that good for sex.

Then we go the Ting Cave. In the cave we see many statue of buddha. After see the beautiful of cave we back to the town by boat.

Next day , we early wake up in the morning and go the Bus Station to go Vang Vieng. We get tiket 8.00 with air bus. The way from LaungPrabang it go pass the mountain, we will see the nice view in the morning , we see the sea of fog.

We reach Vang Vieag about 13.00 , than find the room for stay one night. Here is small town we can walk around town, the Song river pass the town. Many guest house stand 2 side of the river. Here is the one favorite of the traveler.

Next day we leave Vang Vieng to go Vientiane, the capital of Laos. We walk around town before back to Thai.

This trip is very nice trip cause i went with my best friends. We are the good freinds and we know each other for a long time, and this trip is first for my travel out the country. It very nice place to visit and we are safety.

Pullman Hotel : Bangkok

September 11, 2009 i have chance to stay at Pullman Hotel , the 5 star hotel in the middle town, with the good price. I use voucher 40P from Expedia and i pay the over voucher just little.

They up grade my room from superier to dulux room , on floor 18 view swiming pool

I get welcome drink , fruit basket , free water , and free 2 solf drink.

The other complimentary are wifi internet and newspaper.