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Even monks have websites. - IMG 6481
Catie kicks back at our hotel by the river. - IMG 6484
We snicker like ugly Americans over Engrish menu items. - IMG 6486
Oh Chang beer, why do you tempt me so? - IMG 6487
Leslie gets soaked in the longboat ride to Chiang Rai. - IMG 6488
Well, okay, everyone gets soaked. - IMG 6489
a super-hot stream - IMG 6490
How would you like to be the woman who is so ravaged that her face appears as a warning to those who might want to smoke? - IMG 6494
Longboat passengers, after half of them get off. - IMG 6495
view from boat - IMG 6496
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our tarp-covered luggage - IMG 6498
more military camp - IMG 6499
our hotel - IMG 6500
our room - IMG 6504
the bus to the Golden Triangle - IMG 6505
Tuk-tuking it - IMG 6510
Laos! (Well: Thailand, river, Laos) - IMG 6511
Golden triangle map (where Thailand, Burma, and Laos meet) at the Opium museum - IMG 6512
Hill tribe annual schedule--note that opium farming plays a very prominent role. - IMG 6513
The origin of opium and tobacco, a legend. - IMG 6514
weights for measuring opium - IMG 6515
Various heroin logos - IMG 6516
pipes - IMG 6517
STOP (in Thai) - IMG 6518
Some giant gate thing that means: "Look, over there, it's Laos!" - IMG 6519
What would a gate be without a giant gold Buddha? - IMG 6520
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gate, dragon - IMG 6522
scary-ass elephant