The beauty of a guesthouse
Door: Ammara
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10 Maart 2007 | Thailand, Chiang Rai
A hidden beauty guesthouse
We found this amazing and beautiful guesthouse just in between two different kinds of tribes.
After Laos we arrived in Chiang Rai were we wanted to go on a trek and see the famous hill tribes. We wandered around in the city and visited some travel agents; we found out that the hiking was popular and so the prices were also crazy. We really wanted to see the famous longneck tribes (so as everybody), but than we had to go by car because of the far distances, so no hiking to the longnecks.
On our way back we met a guy from Japan who was looking for a guesthouse so we brought him to our guesthouse. He told us the next day about a trip were you can stay at this guesthouse in the traditional tribe villages. Of course this sounded great to us and we decided to go there and tour to the longnecks from there.
Sitting on the balcony from our own private little bamboo bungalow you could look strait into the village. The view we had from there was amazing. Water was streaming down the river in front of our bungalow and made a peaceful and hushing sound and made you sleepy. The evenings were quiet and very dark, we mad a campfire and played guitar with the locals which was great!
The dogs barked in the night and you heard them fighting as it was getting later. The grasshoppers and birds wake you with there own little songs.
It’s fantastic to see the sunrise and sunset just sitting in front of your own bungalow on your own balcony enjoying the beauty of nature. It’s so pure and real.
The people who worked there were so friendly and open. The guy who owned the place was a Akha (kind of tribe) and he married a Lahu (on the brochure even wearing traditional clothes). He played the guitar at night and during the day he was the tour guide.
The villages were primitive, but they had built a museum for the tourist to earn some money. We went around and had a look at the villages. Although the people weren’t dressed in the traditional clothes anymore they still have there own traditional religions and believes (like the ghosts). It was fun to see a little childcare where the kids were playing outside, running around, and bruising there teeth in the sink, asking the teacher for toothpaste. For them of course it was fun to see us white people taking pictures.
Near our guesthouse there was a beautiful waterfall. We could just walk up to the waterfall and take a refreshing swim. Totally quite nobody there we sat there watching the wild water coming down the waterfall and enjoying the beauty and sounds of nature. The sun went down behind the mountains and darkness became to fall.
We found this amazing and beautiful guesthouse just in between two different kinds of tribes.
After Laos we arrived in Chiang Rai were we wanted to go on a trek and see the famous hill tribes. We wandered around in the city and visited some travel agents; we found out that the hiking was popular and so the prices were also crazy. We really wanted to see the famous longneck tribes (so as everybody), but than we had to go by car because of the far distances, so no hiking to the longnecks.
On our way back we met a guy from Japan who was looking for a guesthouse so we brought him to our guesthouse. He told us the next day about a trip were you can stay at this guesthouse in the traditional tribe villages. Of course this sounded great to us and we decided to go there and tour to the longnecks from there.
Sitting on the balcony from our own private little bamboo bungalow you could look strait into the village. The view we had from there was amazing. Water was streaming down the river in front of our bungalow and made a peaceful and hushing sound and made you sleepy. The evenings were quiet and very dark, we mad a campfire and played guitar with the locals which was great!
The dogs barked in the night and you heard them fighting as it was getting later. The grasshoppers and birds wake you with there own little songs.
It’s fantastic to see the sunrise and sunset just sitting in front of your own bungalow on your own balcony enjoying the beauty of nature. It’s so pure and real.
The people who worked there were so friendly and open. The guy who owned the place was a Akha (kind of tribe) and he married a Lahu (on the brochure even wearing traditional clothes). He played the guitar at night and during the day he was the tour guide.
The villages were primitive, but they had built a museum for the tourist to earn some money. We went around and had a look at the villages. Although the people weren’t dressed in the traditional clothes anymore they still have there own traditional religions and believes (like the ghosts). It was fun to see a little childcare where the kids were playing outside, running around, and bruising there teeth in the sink, asking the teacher for toothpaste. For them of course it was fun to see us white people taking pictures.
Near our guesthouse there was a beautiful waterfall. We could just walk up to the waterfall and take a refreshing swim. Totally quite nobody there we sat there watching the wild water coming down the waterfall and enjoying the beauty and sounds of nature. The sun went down behind the mountains and darkness became to fall.
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