Dec 27
We have made our way to the northern border of Thailand to an area known as the Golden Triangle. This is where three countries come together, separated by two rivers. The countries are Burma, Laos, and Thailand.
On the way here we stopped at a town heavily populated with Chinese people. We were taken to a shop for tea tasting. We sampled Oolong, Sticky Rice, organic Beauty (green), Jasmine, and Ginseng teas. The lady conducting the tasting really pushed the Beauty tea. She said if you drink it every day you will have beauty. We noticed it cost more than the others. None of us cared for the taste. Seeing as how I am the only one in the family that drinks hot tea, I chose the one I liked best: Ginseng. It was the sweetest. The sticky rice tea tasted like the water left after cooking rice. The Jasmine smelled like perfume.
Our guide then took us on a 3-hour hike through the area. Our guide is a marathon runner and biker. Hiking up and down hills for 3 hours is like taking a stroll for him, but it was definitely a challenge for me. We walked past fields where tea is grown on bushes. There were leaves spread out on cloths drying in the sun.
We actually finished the hike in under 3 hours but the kids pointed out that our guide had mercy on us and cut it about 15 minutes short by having our van meet us further up the path.
We were rewarded later that afternoon when we checked in to the beautiful Anantara Golden Triangle luxury resort lodge. That night we ate Italian food at the restaurant for a break from all the Thai food we had been eating.
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