Last year is was milestone 30. This year since I’ve been on the road I felt Kilometer Marker “31” was appropriate heading south on the interstate in Laos
Kilometer marker 31 for 31st birthday a motorbike ride down Laos
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Photos from my motorbike ride to the Southeast Asia Golden Triangle.
Golden Triangle sign, with awesome universal Red Stop sign.
Rice fields.
local homes along the back roads of northern thailand.
Pineapple fields
The Opium Museum, Thailand side of the Golden Triangle
Simple barbed wire fence, with random check posts. Myanmar on the left, Thailand on the right.
Cafe in Thailand overlooking the Mekong River and Laos.
Laos
Road side street meat. Lunch!
South Eastern Asia. The Golden Triangle of the Opium trade.
Chiang Saen, Thailand side of the Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle. three countries of opium trade/smuggling
Heading into the sunset, a smokey sunset that is.
Hitting a dead end, Myanmar on the left, Thailand on the right.
I gave him all the change I had in my pocket.
The past week I’ve seen the same old man digging through trash picking out glass for recycling, tonight he was on the main boulevard on newspapers selling bananas. I walked up to him and pointed at a batch, he charged me 15 Thai baht =(50 cents) for a good dozen … I gave him all the change I had in my pocket… not much (67 Thai Baht ) = 2.15$. He was confused, I assured him it was for him and closed his hand over the money. He smiled and looked at the money as his eyes became glossy and said thank you in Thai maybe 20 times. It’s not normal that I give change to beggars but he wasn’t begging, and was clearly working hard to get by as an old man. #perspective.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
Exotic fruits in Myanmar
Spired fruit? More bizarre fruits
Bizarre fruit
They said it is like a tini orange mango
Two local ladies that helped me learn about Myanmar fruit.