Photo Wonders of Chiang Saen

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The ruin of Wat Pa-Sak is a very important spot of Chiang Saen town.	The long-tail boats are common transport all over the country, especially on the Maekhong border river.	A beautiful temple with Shan architecture is located in a little subdistrict on Myanmar side, north west of Chiang Saen.
An elderly woman of the ethnic Thai Lue is busy weaving cotton yardage, one of the cottage industries in her village.	This uncle proudly shows how he routinely produces a beautiful bamboo craft used to cook sticky rice. It is filled with raw rice grains and placed over a pot of boiling water.	An elderly hilltribe woman in her usual role taking care of the household.
It is very usual to see and ride elephants somewhere and sometime in the north of Chiangrai.	It is fun to see an open-air market of fresh seasonal foods in Chiang Khong, a small district town next to Chiang Saen.	For a small tip, a group of young girls eagerly pose for pictures with visitors in front of the private museum "House of Opium"

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