We took the bus from Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai, leaving at 6:30 in the morning. On the way there we stopped off to see the White Temple or the Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai; unfortunately, on May 5th, 2014 an earthquake hit that part of Thailand and it damaged a part of the temple. Thankfully, it didn't weaken the building structure, or the designer Chalermchai plans on fixing the part of the temple that was damaged. Our tour guide informed us that the government p...

Unfortunately we had to leave the home stay at 5 am in the morning because we had to catch the slow boat up the Mekong River to Chiang Kong. I didn't like the fact that we had to leave so early, we did not have the ability to say goodbye or wave to the villagers. Furthermore, it was so early in the morning that we were the only ones that were up at that time. It was a long day on the boat, it took us 12 hours to get to Chiang Kong and during the early morning t...