Backpacking travel & Outdoor adventure: 2012 - Backpacking to ...

Northern Thailand Adventure

Mountains, Rivers and Temples

6th to 27th November 2012




Day 11 (16.11.12) Mae Sariang - a day trip to Mae Sam Laep (45km)
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After a good pork and egg porridge breakfast opposite our Mit A Ree Hotel, we walked to the morning market and took the songthaew (B80pp) to Mae Samlaep, a river border village on the Thai side. The road journey took us 1.5 hrs on a dusty winding hilly road. The other side of the river is Myanmar. We then hired a boat to take us upstream on the Salawin River for an hour which cost us B600 and if you wish to visit the village further up would be B1,300. We returned to Mae Sariang on the same songthaew at 12.30 pm and took a rest before walking out at 4.30pm to the Museum and two temples. We were surprised that the beautiful museum building has nothing to display and not in used. We had dinner at Inthira Rastaurant again.

Sleeping: Mit A Ree Hotel at B400 a/c room for 2pax

Day 12 (17.11.12) Mae Sariang ? Mae Sot (232km)

Getting to Mae Sot about 230km from Mae Sariang was actually suffering in happiness ? a 5 and a half hour ride on a songtaew starting at 9.30am and arriving at 3pm. There was no lunch break or wee-wee break except upon request. We had 3 border police check along this mountainous road. We passed by a large Burmese Karen refugee camp along the road. Evening we had KFC for dinner and walked around the town and the Saturday night market beside the Mae Sot Police station.

Sleeping: Baan Tung Guesthouse at B500 a/c room for 2 and B150 for additional bed

Getting to Mae Sot about 230km from Mae Sariang was actually suffering in happiness ? a 5 and a half hour non-stop ride on a songtaew starting at 9.30am and arriving at 3pm. There was no lunch break or wee-wee break.

Day

Expenses

?THB total

per pax

11	Breakfast	150	30
	Sawngthaew to and from Mae Samlab	800	160
	Boat ride along river border with Myanmar	600	120
	lunch at Mae Sariang	160	32
	fruits	70	14
	Dinner @ Nathira Restaurant	500	100
	Soya bean	25	5
	Mit A Ree hotel1? B400 x 3r	1,200	240
12	breakfast	180	36
	sawngthaew to Mae Sot	1,000	200
	seven 11	416	83
	lunch at mae sot bus station	230	46
	tuktuk to Baan Tung Guesthouse	100	20
	dinner at kfc	627	125
	pinapple bread and jam	150	30
	Soya bean	45	9
	rooms @ Baan Tung (500 X 1) + (650 X 1)	1,150	230

Source: http://chingnengbin.blogspot.com/2013/01/2012-backpacking-to-northern-thailand.html

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