We have been north of Chiang Rai twice and loved it. We stayed in the Golden Triangle area and generally did half or three quarter day trips. We just had a guide and a driver and although we agreed where we wanted to go we could spend longer or shorter time where we wanted, had good food, saw some wonderful sights and never once got taken to a gem or jade factory!!!

I think we stayed four nights both times.

If you've got a month (green with envy!) then see as much as you can as you can then decide which bits you liked best and go back again!!

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Alison

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It's Better to Burn Out than just to Fade Away!