The market starts bright and early. We didn't want to be first in, so we arrived about 7 am. We had a delicious roti for breakfast and tried a few new things, like a type of sweet rice porridge with green balls! It was so sickly sweet and we have no idea what the balls were made from. We enjoyed some hot soya milk whilst waiting for the songthew to take us to a remote village named Mae Son Lap.
The journey was great. The road rather bumby but we passed lots of beautiful scenery as we travelled through the valley. It was misty and freezing cold as we left but soon the sun tore through the mist and it became blazing hot.
We passed lots of Karen houses amongst the hills, all standing tall on stilts. When we arrived we could see the picture perfect river passing through. One side Thailand, the other Myanmar (Burma). We could see across on the other riverbank the Myanmar flag flapping in the breeze. We walked around the tiny village and had lunch in a new restaurant, that had only been open a few days. The owners were really friendly!
After a lot of interesting negotiation with the local boatmen, we took a boat trip down the river and spent some time enjoying the view. We stopped to watch a local man panning for gold on the river bank but he didn't offer us any...
Unfortunately all too soon we had to leave and caught a Songthew back to Mae Sariang...
The journey was great. The road rather bumby but we passed lots of beautiful scenery as we travelled through the valley. It was misty and freezing cold as we left but soon the sun tore through the mist and it became blazing hot.
We passed lots of Karen houses amongst the hills, all standing tall on stilts. When we arrived we could see the picture perfect river passing through. One side Thailand, the other Myanmar (Burma). We could see across on the other riverbank the Myanmar flag flapping in the breeze. We walked around the tiny village and had lunch in a new restaurant, that had only been open a few days. The owners were really friendly!
After a lot of interesting negotiation with the local boatmen, we took a boat trip down the river and spent some time enjoying the view. We stopped to watch a local man panning for gold on the river bank but he didn't offer us any...
Unfortunately all too soon we had to leave and caught a Songthew back to Mae Sariang...
