An amazing experience in the north of Thailand, highly recommended with a scooter, The Mae Hong Son loop refers to a road going from Chiang Mai to Pai to Mae Hong Son to Mae Sariang to Chiang Mai. The ride between each of these points in ~4-6 hours and there are a lot of turns worth taking and stops worth making.
As a tribute to leaving the north of Thailand, we rented out a scooter and went out to breath the wonderfully green landscapes of the area. That was our way to greet 2013. Enjoy the pictures :)
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| Lake temple in Mae Hong Son |
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| Common view from the road |
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| Pseudo-traditional dresses meant for Thai tourist |
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| Noodles in the Chinese village near the Burmese border - Ban Rak Thai |
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| Ban Rak Thai (love Thai village) - interesting name for this Chinese immigrants village close to the Myanmar border. Aside from the beautiful road towards it, the village itself has spectacular natural surroundings. |
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| Between Mae Hong Son and Ban Rak Thai |
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| Morning mist on a Mae Hong Son stupa |
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| The Buddha in mist, Mae Hong Son |
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| The sun has risen on the Buddha, Mae Hong Son |
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| Riiiice fields for-ever |
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| Buddhist hen in a Mae Hong Son temple |
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| Meditative spider in Mae Hong Son |
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| Too many birds fly too fast for my lens, this one was likely resting |
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| Missed the yellow flower carpets so well known in the area but flowers abound |
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| Trees, houses, Thailand |
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| Flower power |
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| Stinky hot springs, you can cook eggs there if you're (unfortunately) not yet vegan |
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| Taken from some horror movie set... or just next to the hot sptring |
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| Life is happy, but happier with bubbles |
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| Mae Sariang, from our room on the river bank |
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| Pretending to think about something of great importance |
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| Pretending to work on Colnect ;) |
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| Frognector chillin' with the Buddha |
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| "Take me back to that boat on a river" |
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| "Silence is golden golden" |
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| On the way to Thailand's highest peak |
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| Dragon stairs or a fun park slide? |
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| Colnect's BD manager with Colnect's mascots on the top of Thailand's highest peak |
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| Family & beer in Mae Sariang. Notice the amazing ice solution on these glasses? Free the glass when half full of water. Brilliant! |
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| Spiderman was ...not... here |
Did you actually make it all the way here? How many of these pictures were worth a whole click and few seconds of your valuable time? I hope a few. I hope you like spiders, beer and chickens. North of Thailand is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
