Thailand’s Blue Tiger: Day 7 (Scene 4)

A photo of M&Ms, mangosteens and mangoes

The exploration of Tachilek, Myanmar continued.  The third stop was the local market.  It is always interesting to visit the market but this is not a common selling area.  The place was even different from the ones I visited in Thailand. We started to take a look around the fruit area.  There was a great [...]

Thailand’s Blue Tiger: Day 7 (Scene 3)

Tachilek Pagoda, copy of pagoda in Yangon

Our tour guide offered the option to visit Myanmar for the afternoon.  Part of the group decided to cross.  We moved to the Thai town of Mae Sai.  From there, we crossed the border into Tachilek, Myanmar. If you are a westerner, you need a visa to visit Myanmar.  Because this border crossing was short [...]

Thailand’s Blue Tiger: Day 6 (Scene 2)

Scene of DonXao, Laos

Dear friends, I had to survive without Internet at home for 4 days.  My Internet presence was reduced to just posting blog entries from my neighborhood Starbucks.  Therefore, I was not able to promote any of my past two blog entries and had to publish today’s entry late.  Thanks for bearing with me during this [...]

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