Relax, no angry natives are going to chase you across this cool suspension bridge.

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Some hitchhikers we picked up!

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My wife and I enjoying some relax time at the local strawberry farm in the mountainous area around

Chiang Mai.

Chilling with family and friends

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At a roadside fruit stall. Some really weird looking but great tasting stuff!

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A fishing village along the Thai coast

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Welcome to part 2 of my Thailand Gone Wlkabout special. Please sit back and enjoy the photography and thoughts from our trip.

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Gassing up for a daytrip to a nearby forest reserve. Check out the gas pumps.

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Driving through Khun Nan national park. The park has camping and sleeping facilities. Cobras are prevalent here, so you need to take care when walking around. Its best to drive around in a truck as the King Cobras will pull you off your bike!

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Lending the forest dwellers use of our truck in constructing a King Cobra trap

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After all that sweaty, hard working with the jungle people, we decided we deserved a treat. Welcome to Sukantara Resort outside of Chiang Mai. This place is incredible! It is built on top of a sries of cascading waterfalls (www.sukantara.com) (011-66-81-881-1444).

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A brief stop at a roadside stall

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•Pai is in the Mae Hong Son Province of N.Thailand. Numerous mountain ranges, valleys and rivers are characteristic of this part of Thailand. We love staying at Pai Klang Na guest house.

•It affords a beautiful view of the valley and is situated in the middle of a rice field. The quiet and brillance of stars at night are memorable (www.paiklangna.com) (011-66-083-304-3300)

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•Mark (to my left) is the owner of Pai Klang Na.

•Here I am helping him and a worker design and

 •Lay out some new garden beds. We discussed ways of attracting more visitors to his place and enhancing the existing views at the guest house.

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  This road was literally being built as we were driving. This is right up on the Thai/Laos border

Our accomadations and our pool

 

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  The guest house grows its own vegetables and herbs to ensure absolute freshness.

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  •A view of the valley while my wife waits for breakfast

 

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Breakfast with a view

Welcome to our Gone Walkabout world travel section. We will be posting updates about the gardens and inns of the world as seen through the eyes of Mike Makens and his  friends and family. We will try to highlight the beauty of the different locations and the gardens that inhabit them.