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Arrival in Bangkok - meet your tour leader and transfer to a comfortable, downtown hotel in the City’s Banglamphu district. Afternoon to relax, recover from your jet-lag by the pool or explore the area’s lively markets and street-life.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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City tour with a difference - central Bangkok by riverboat, skytrain, tuk-tuk and canal boat - we’ll see the famous sites and what lies behind the famous sites! Visits will include; the Grand Palace, fabulous Wat Phra Keow – ‘Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Siam Square and the fascinating Jim Thompson House Museum.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Morning departure by train; across the Central Plains and their emerald green rice paddies, to up-country Phitsanolok town – the Gateway to the North. Lunch time arrival, a visit to the local handicraft museum and transfer to nearby Sukhothai town with the afternoon to relax in our guesthouse garden or discover the local markets.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Bicycle tour of the nearby, ancient city and now UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sukhothai – former capital of Siam – which, with it’s crumbling sandstone temples, ancient carvings, towering Buddha statues and lotus-covered ponds, is one of the country’s most sacred and evocative sites.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Scenic drive through the mountains to Chiang Mai. Check in to our centrally located hotel and time to relax by the pool or explore the area before an evening tour of the town’s famous night bazaar.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Departure for the far north with a scenic drive to the remote border town of Tha Ton, including a stop on the way to visit the fascinating cave temples at Chiang Dao, before checking out the spectacular views at Tha Ton Pagoda situated high on a mountain top straddling the Thai/Burmese border.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Beginning with a descent by boat of the scenic Kok River we’ll trek on foot and by elephant through the region’s dramatic mountain scenery, passing several hill-tribe settlements, before an overnight stay as guests in a village of the Akha ethnic group.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Our hike continues across streams and through the forests of this spectacular and remote mountainous region. Overnight stay as guests of a Red Lahu minority family in a rarely visited, and still very traditional, village.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Morning transfer by truck to the nearby fascinating town of Mae Salong. Originally founded by Chinese Republican soldiers, (Kuomintang), who took refuge in the area after defeat by Mao Tse Tung’s communist forces, the town was off limits for many years due to its role as a centre for the opium trade but is now known for tea plantations and spectacular scenery as well as being the centre for the local hill-tribe peoples. Time to wander around the picturesque mountain-top town and perhaps check out participate in a tea tasting ceremony.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Opportunity for an early start to visit the morning hill-tribe market before continuing to the magnificent botanical gardens at Mae Fah Luang. From here we’ll travel north to the bustling Burmese border market at Mae Sai. A visit to Sob Ruak and the Golden Triangle itself where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Burma meet, and where we can take in the unusual ‘Opium Museum’, before a return to Chiang Rai Town for our overnight accommodation.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Morning scenic drive through the mountains to Chiang Mai with a stop on the way to visit the spectacular Wat Rong Khun Temple. Mid afternoon arrival with time to stretch your legs or just relax by the pool.bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day at leisure in Chiang Mai, check out the local markets, some last minute shopping or visit the famous Doi Suthep. (Note, an optional Thai cookery lesson can be arranged if desired.)bbbwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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