The two countries of Thailand are North and South. Part 9
Part 9. In which we almost end up first with the police, then at the wedding, from where we leave without salty slurping.
November 26, Monday. Fang - Mae Salong.
-Wat Chedi Ngam
-Wat Santikhiri
-tea terraces Tea Plantation 101
-tea terraces "Teapots" Wang Phut Tan Tea Plantation
Total mileage 92 km
Map for clarity.
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The water has been gone since the evening. Didn't show up in the morning. I don’t know if the hot springs turn off the water for the night on purpose everyone is clean already or something has broken. But nearby, in a public toilet, there was water. The truth is cold. And since the air is also cold in the morning, I didn’t want to not only take a shower, but also brush my teeth. I wanted to go while it was cold, to see the valley of geysers. The temperature difference between water and air gives rise to a wonderful phenomenon - geysers. Of course, there are cooler geysers in the world, but I have not seen any yet)
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Before, I couldn’t understand from the photo why everyone praises this strange empty field with stones) But when you are there, you see that the place is really gorgeous. And the birds sing so loud and so beautiful! There is no one but me. Amazing morning!
A large geyser shoots out every half an hour and hot water flies up for five minutes. I saw many reviews that this geyser is just a tourist attraction. That it is specially included for entertainment. But at 6 in the morning, for me alone, it would hardly have been turned on on purpose.
I got closer, hot rain was falling from the sky. The shower went well! )
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When the geyser turns off, puffs of steam envelop the rock.
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I would like to take a walk around the neighborhood. Yesterday I ran, wet, past, past, only managed to shoot a video. But you need to go wash up and get ready. And go further.
There was still no water. Neither hot nor cold.
I go to wash in a public toilet. The toilet is very clean and odor free. Two cubicles, two showers and two washbasins, but the washbasins are outside.
I stand, I brush my teeth, the birds sing! The sun breaks through the foliage, lays bright spots on the asphalt and grass. Such bliss!
Husband woke up.
And there was no water, and no. We leave in half an hour. I tell my husband that nearby, in the toilet, there is water and even a shower. He resists this idea, but there is nowhere to go.
Of course, this does not sound very good - we washed in a public toilet. But in fact, there is such beauty and purity around! Great morning!
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We had bags of coffee with us, we drink and at 8 am we leave the park. Despite the fact that there was no dinner, we did not want to have breakfast.
Fang
There is a beautiful Wat Chedi Ngam temple in Phang. First, the driver takes us to the wrong place. I then realized that he brought us to the hostel I marked (it was in the plan for the previous day as a place to spend the night). And I immediately thought that he drove into the first temple that came across so as not to deal with the map.
Finally, we get where we aimed)
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This is a lace temple. It is decorated with very beautiful carvings.
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These are mainly wooden laces, but there are also concrete laces)
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Unfortunately we arrived very early. All buildings are still closed.
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Of course, I'm sorry we didn't get inside. They say the most beautiful things are inside. But outside there is something to see.
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There is also a school for future monks.
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The most important thing is the pictures carved on the walls of some small house, to the left of the large school building. Oh and carving!
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I want to take a picture of every picture.
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We leave Fang, we have a long road ahead of us to Mae Salong.
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The husband is surprised that we stopped on the bridge. But, apparently, I yelled at the driver so much: "Stop! Stop! ") that he could not refuse.
We are standing on the bridge. Very beautiful views. Filming, admiring. The driver is standing next to us.
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Suddenly a car stops with people in uniform. We think it's the police and quickly get into our car.
“I told you that you can’t stand on the bridge, ” my husband mutters to me.
Suddenly our driver opens the door and asks us to get out. Well - we think - Thai justice has overtaken us. Let's all sit down.
The "policeman", who turned out to be a military man, asks us to take a picture with him))
This section of the road is the most beautiful of the whole trip.
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Here the driver immediately understood that he needed to stop. Somehow he began to listen to us more.
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I even try to go down the path a bit to get the best shot. Beauty is!
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Mae Salong.
Before Mae Salong, the serpentine begins, even the beginning of motion sickness a little. We drive straight to Wat Santikhiri
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The temple is quite small. Chedi and small viharn.
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The views from here are stunning.
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It is simply impossible to break away from them.
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Very similar to the Carpathians.
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The royal grandmother Princess Srinagarindra is buried here.
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We thought she was very well liked. Everything looks very soulful there. And rich.
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Royally.
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We stop near the market and while we are looking for where to have lunch, we accidentally get to a wedding. We saw from afar and decided that it was a national holiday)
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But it turned out - a wedding) 
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We didn’t really linger, we looked from afar and that’s it. Very interesting delivery of food. A tray the size of a door.
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Plates the size of basins.
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We have lunch at one of the cafes in the market. I really like that the food is painted on the walls and signed. Like in China. And signed in Chinese) I muster up the courage and place an order in Chinese. Here they understand me better than the Chinese understood in China) In the market, not everyone understands "how much" in English, but they understand in Chinese.
The waitresses are knocked down, the orders are confused, but the food! We liked the food very much! Portions are small though.
The duck is great and the green bean salad is spicy. We order Baozi buns without filling. They are colorful and very tasty. The bill turned out to be immodest for a Thai village. But this is a Chinese village)
After refreshing, we go to the tea terraces Tea Plantation 101
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We wander for a long time, looking for views similar to those we saw on Ang Khang. But it's not so pretty here. Unless the mountains are interesting.
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I was told that in Mae Salong, wherever you look, tea is everywhere and no viewing platforms are needed. You go along the road and in any place you go down to the terraces. But no. This is not true. I was looking for interesting angles in many places. Unsuccessfully. Well. . . if you zoom in and color it, it's okay)
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If I had not marked specific tea spots for the driver, we would hardly have gotten anywhere at all. Although, it depends on which side to go. In the morning we passed here)
Let's go for a tea tasting. The tea is delicious and we buy ourselves home. And sweets with white tea.
Very interesting crane mechanism. When the button is pressed, the faucet turns, moves the lid of the kettle, pours water, then turns in the other direction and the lid snaps into place.
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The tasting is conducted by a girl-boy)
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There is an observation deck at the top. You have to go there by car. We tried on foot, but failed. And then they were too lazy to ask the driver. I don't think the views would be better from there.
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We liked the tea terraces here, but not really) We go to others. Wang Phut Tan Tea Plantation (Teapots)
Kettle at the entrance.
photo from internet
We also did not find any special types of tea, more and more mountains, mountains. But more beautiful, you see.
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Yes, and, in general, sincerely.
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And if you get closer, then even very much! )
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A wedding was recently celebrated here) Perhaps the same one that we saw on the market.
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We never approached the teapots themselves, but climbed around the neighborhood with pleasure.
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But, nevertheless, the best tea views remained on Mount Ang Khang.
At three o'clock in the afternoon we are already at the hotel. Good hotel, but we have the cheapest room, respectively, the lowest floor and the views are not very good. Lush vegetation covers the mountains. But we can see the royal grandmother) The pagoda shone all night.
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We are happy to rest until the evening in the room, and when it starts to get dark, we go looking for something edible. The road is not lit, but we know the direction and walk confidently.
We find food along the way. You can’t call it a macaroon, but “cafe” is too big a name for this institution. Two tables and a food counter. We eat there from the belly. Soup and meat are very tasty and not spicy, and this is important for us. My mouth still hurts, we ask for soda. They bring lemonade) Soda)
Having eaten, we walk a little more, we reach 7/11, there is no soda either, we buy snacks for tomorrow and go to bed.
Third night on the road. The first one is on the farm, the second one is in the national park. Let's take a walk when we get to the village - we thought. But by seven o'clock in the evening the whole village was asleep.
And don't switch! )
