17th of June: White temple outside Chiang Rai and a visit to Myanmar (Burma)
First stop of the day was the White temple the building of which began in 1997 and has the most unusual interior - The paintings on the walls encompasses both Ben Ten, sex, Darth Wader, 09/11/01, Jack Sparrow, Harry Potter, Angry birds, Keane Reeves, Michal Jackson & ........ Very interesting
It appears they ran out of white and decided to use gold for the toilets... Very speciel place
Toilets
Outside the entrance to the White Temple
View point just across from the Myanmar boarder
Outside the Myanmar boarder
We were slightly confused when realizing the time difference between Thailand and Myanmar is 30 minutes...!!
At the boarder the immigration office took our passports and gave us a "one day entry permit" which we were to keep until our passports where returned to us when exiting the country
Front page of the permit
Myanmar market
Sebastian found his favorit Danish cookies - Who should have thought that Myanmar almost seemed like home
Lunch time in Myanmar! Slightly confusing menu as everything was in ????? and no one spoke English - We did however somehow manage to order 5 Fried Rice and soups for the total price of 5 euros!!!
Lunch time
Crazy busy market, lots to buy - wish we had more room in our backpacks (not that the lack of space seem to stop us...)
Susannah, Lone, Arne and Louise at the Myanmar boarder ready to go home! BUT we were a bit anxious as to whether we would get our passports back...
But we did!!
Last discovery of our trip was how the driving side changes between Thailand and Myanmar (in Thailand they drive on the left and they drive on the right in Myanmar).. On the picture you can see the big yellow arrow indicating the change from left to right as you [...]enter Myanmar!!
Overall a very exciting experience after which we continued our trip to a viewpoint in the Golden Triangle overlooking the point at which the three boarders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet Læs mere...↑
