Holy Family Taichi Group orgainsed a trip to Chiangrai & Chiangmai from Oct 25 to 29 in conjunction with its 28th anniversary. A total of 28 members and families participated.
With Susan & Tony, parents-in-law(aged 88 & 82 respectively), we made it as our family trip too.
We arrived at Chiangmai at around 2:30 pm. It took us almost 1.5 hours to clear the Immigration with just 2 counters opened.
However, 2 more counters were opened later specially for China group tourists ... we believed bribery was involved.
We embarked immediately a 4.5-hour journey to Chiangrai, about 200 kilometers north, arriving at about 9:00pm.
In Chiangrai, we visited the famous White Temple and the Golden Triangle, crossing over Mekong River to Laos by boat for a brief visit.
Later we traveled 60 kms to Mae Sai, a town bordering Myanmar. Some members paid extra 1300 Baht to the tour guide for a 3 hour sight-seeing tour inside Myanmar.
Eight of us decided to stay put to explore Mae Sai town.
After some shopping, we chanced upon a noodle shop, to enjoy delicious beef noodles and goodcoffee specially made by the friendly owner Mr. Udom (82).
We spent almost 2 hours at the shop chatting with Mr & Mrs Udom, enjoying their super delicious beef balls and cups of coffee.
Mr. Udom is a Thai Chinese, speak good Mandarin and Hakka. We warmly invited them to be our guests in Malaysia.
It is the comfortable noodle shop, delicious beef noodles, wonderful coffee and its friendly owner, rather than the shopping that we remembered for this visit.
1. (See pictures in Facebook - Chiang Rai)
2. Mae Sai
加影圣家教太极班，于十月二十五至二十九日，举办了第28年度户外旅行。这次的目的地是泰国的清莱、清迈。共有28位成员及家人参与了这趟旅游。
我的岳父母（88 ; 82岁）、小姨夫妇也与我们同行。
我们在下午大约两点半抵达清迈机场，移民局只开放两个柜台，办理入境手续，所以耗费了将近一个半小时才完成。
但是，两个新的柜台却特地位中国旅游团而开，他们很快就办妥手续。我们深信与贿赂有关。
我们马上登上巴士，离开机场朝向200公里外的清莱前进，在晚上九时左右才进住酒店。
隔天，我们开始了旅游行程。早餐后，我们先去观光了当地著名的白庙。
过后，我们到金三角观光，乘坐小艇，度过湄公河，到对岸的寮国上岸参观。基本上，就是售卖土产、手工艺品及假货的摊档。
离开清莱，我们到60公里外的眉塞市镇。这小镇与缅甸接壤，所以也是游客必到的景点。大部分团员给导游额外1300泰铢，由他带领进入缅甸参观一些寺庙及购买当地物品。
我们共8人则留在眉塞逛逛。几位妇女在这里买了一些布匹（价格廉宜），然后到一家面档喝茶稍微歇歇。
旅行通常都会有惊喜。在这里，我们发现牛肉面、牛肉丸真的是美味的不得了。牛肉面加上主人亲身冲泡的香浓咖啡，真是绝配！
店东Udom 先生 (82岁）是泰国华人，祖籍客家，非常友善，与我们交谈良久 （华、客家语），还特别捧上水果招待。因为没有语言隔膜，大家都谈的很投机。我们热情的邀请他到马来西亚作客，他也答应会尽量的安排。
眉塞之行，所记得的不是购物或缅甸接壤地，而是这间非常舒适的面店，它的主人家及热情冲泡的香浓咖啡。
1. 照片 Facebook - 清莱)
2. 眉塞
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