{"id":146,"date":"2018-08-23T00:44:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T00:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregspurgin.com\/slow-boat-to-laos\/?p=146"},"modified":"2021-01-16T07:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T07:29:15","slug":"chiang-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gregspurgin.net\/slow-boat-to-laos\/2018\/08\/23\/chiang-rai\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiang Rai"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t post for a couple of days because we didn’t really do much of interest, and then when we did do some stuff – Hedgehog Cafe! Kayaking! Walking tour through a local market! – there was no time to post! We’ll try and do a couple of posts when we’re stationary in a couple of days. I really loved the market tour and want to get it ‘on paper’ before I forget what I did and ate.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile … we caught a luxury bus to Chiang Rai on Tuesday, spent a night there and then caught another bus to Huay Xai in Laos yesterday. That can be a very confusing experience, so I’ll fill in more detail about how we did that later too.<\/p>\n

And now we’re in Laos! We stayed at the Sabaydee Guest House last night – comfortable room and a very helpful owner who is organising our boat tickets for us. This morning we’re doing Day 1 of the 2-day ‘Slow Boat’ trip down the Mekong to Luang Prabang. It’s been pouring with rain here all night, so this might be interesting. And wet. Very wet!<\/p>\n

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Hedgehogs at the hedgehog cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hedgehogs at the hedgehog cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Night food street sellers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Waiting for the bus to Chiang Rai at Chiang Mai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Special grilled “clocodile” meat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Night food markers at Ploen Ruedee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunday night markets in Chiang Mai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunday night markets in Chiang Mai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t post for a couple of days because we didn’t really do much of interest, and then when we did do some stuff – Hedgehog Cafe! Kayaking! Walking tour through a local market! – there was no time to post! We’ll try and do a couple of posts when we’re stationary in a couple … <\/p>\n

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