A Trip Around Chiang Rai Province.

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18-10-2009, 06:03 PM
Bobcock

A Trip Around Chiang Rai Province.

After crossing over into chiang Rai we headed for the village of Mae Salong, also known as Santikiri. Some lovely countryside up in that part of the world. The weather was poor for most of the trip but when it was nice the landscape was green....

I've always wanted to see stepped rice paddies, didn't see many but this one was stunning

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Lots of tea being grown in this part of the world, loots like rows of green cotton wool.

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We arrived in Mae Salong on the Queens Birthday, where there was a street parade ongoing in her honour.

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18-10-2009, 06:05 PM
Bobcock

My 9 year old was fascinated..."Look" he shouted "Old clothes combined with modern technology....I think she wants to really be in the middle"

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19-10-2009, 09:37 AM
Bobcock

The view from our hotel.

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We stayed at the Flower Hill Resort which has a hill....with flowers on it. 1200B a night reasonably nice rooms and good views. Food there is predominantly Chinese like everything is in Mae Salong. The town is inhabited by the descendants of 93rd KMT Regiment that was lead out of China by General Duan Chi-Wen in 1949. The Regiment then fought the Communists for the Thai Government which resulted in them and their families gaining Thai Citizenship.

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19-10-2009, 10:05 AM
reinvented

excellent stuff
love that part of the world
19-10-2009, 05:42 PM
Bobcock

On a hillside overlooking Mae Salong is the Phra Boromathat Chedi dedicated to the late Mother of the King.

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19-10-2009, 06:49 PM
sabang

Quote:

Originally Posted by reinvented

love that part of the world

Me too. Good stuff Bc. :)
19-10-2009, 07:12 PM
Davis Knowlton

Me 3. Great photos!
19-10-2009, 07:17 PM
Rural Surin

Stunning pics, Bob. Nice work...thanks!:)
19-10-2009, 07:47 PM
jandajoy

Lovely pics Bob. Come up round my way sometime, there are some lovely spots plus a bed and a beer.
19-10-2009, 08:30 PM
Bobcock

The Tomb of General Duan

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The Martyrs Memorial Hall

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19-10-2009, 08:50 PM
Bobcock

After Mae Salong we travelled to Doi Tung, the mountain palace where the kings mother spent her later years.

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I've always wanted to visit here, mainly to photograph the gardens and insects but it was a shocking day and shortly after taking this shot the clouds rolled over the hill top making it difficult to take decent shots.

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After that we drove along the border road up to Mae Sai a rather disinteresting border town. There's a temple that sits on the hill overlooking the border crossing with a giant scorpion statue.

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19-10-2009, 09:10 PM
Bobcock

I was reading an article recently regarding improvised filter ideas, things like smearing vaseline on a lens protector or filter to create interesting effects. I don't do vaseline but one problem with air conditioned rooms is forgetting to put the cameras outside over night. as soon as you take them out in the morning in the tropics that condensation is dripping off them, sometimes it can take 30 minutes to warm them up by which time the great light has gone.

Anyway, remembering this article and having the afore mentioned problem I took this picture at Sop Reuk, The Golden Triangle. Through the condensation this is the area where the rivers join and three countries are together.

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On the water front at Sop Ruak is a large buddah image sitting on a sort of boat. There are also various shrines and religious paraphenalia....

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There is also these large decorations dedicated to the King and Queen.

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19-10-2009, 09:50 PM
Gent

Brilliant

:)Really great photos and comments.
Chiang Rai is a unique experience for Thai folk and Pattaya'rised Falang.

Cheers
19-10-2009, 09:55 PM
Bobcock

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19-10-2009, 10:13 PM
Chuckycheese

Well-done!

These pictures are gorgeous. You did a really nice job. Thanks for sharing!:)
20-10-2009, 02:54 AM
ItsRobsLife

Excellent pictures, thanks for posting. :D
20-10-2009, 03:25 AM
unkleblacky

quality pics, seems an eternity away, whilst we are sitting in ur gaff in bustery guernsey, I am trying to ban the word nao from my missus vocabulary
20-10-2009, 09:03 AM
Bobcock

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20-10-2009, 09:24 AM
Marmite the Dog

Gaudytastic, mate!
20-10-2009, 09:45 AM
Bobcock

Next we travelled along the river to Chiang Saen to visit a temple so important I forgot it's name, probably Wat Mahathat like most important temples seem to be. Actually there was a Wat Mahathat just outside town on a hill that I went to photograph but after taking the landscape (last pic below) I got attacked by some bees / wasps / flying bastards and got stung several times on the shoulder so I threw a strop and got in the van refusing to photograph any temple with aggressive animals living in it.

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Monks from China enjoying ice cream.

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The main ubosot at this temple was quite interesting as it had no walls. The light was very difficult to balance so this is in fact a HDR, which is noticable by the wind movement on the banners down the left hand columns.

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Laos before the bee attack.

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20-10-2009, 10:46 AM
Soi Source

Thanks for exceelent pix What camera etc set up as in low light and rain still very good
20-10-2009, 10:56 AM
Bobcock

Canon 5D MK II

Everything else will be different for each shot.
20-10-2009, 04:21 PM
Sichon

Incredible photos! Wonderful area. Someday I have to go there for sure! :-)
22-10-2009, 03:12 PM
pone

YES,nice everything... /;=}
05-11-2009, 03:13 PM
fish

great shots
05-11-2009, 04:01 PM
Bobcock

I still have to finish this thread but since I took these I have been to angkor wat, Phnom Penh, 2 rugby tournaments, Halloween Party all that require processing and handing over to people.
05-11-2009, 04:30 PM
Thai Pom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I still have to finish this thread

I am sure it will be worth the wait, Great effort
05-11-2009, 07:54 PM
shunpike

Great pix Bob..stunners all of 'em.
06-11-2009, 07:33 AM
lovethai

you should try and shoot/post more photos of people who live in the area. landscapes and architecture are great subjects but get boring after a while. give your photos some human touch with some nice smiling faces of locals.
great compositions and colours though and you use photoshop very reasonably so the photos dont look overprocessed as its quite common these days. well done.
06-11-2009, 08:26 AM
Bobcock

I did people in another thread
06-11-2009, 08:48 AM
Nawty

Was that really condensation on the lense ??
06-11-2009, 09:37 AM
Bobcock

yes...
05-12-2009, 09:19 AM
Bobcock

Finally got round to processing the last batch from this trip.

This temple was on a hill to the east of Chiang Saen called Wat Phrathat Pha Ngao. I went up to the top by the chedi shown here to take to nice shots I had in my mind when I was attacked by several bees and stung on the shoulder a few times. So I left, I'm not as tough as Nawty.

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Next day I went out early to Wat Phra Kaew in Ching Rai where there is a copy of Phra Kaew Moragot which sits in Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok.

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05-12-2009, 09:20 AM
Bobcock

More of Wat Phra Kaew

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05-12-2009, 09:33 AM
Bobcock

This was in the middle of Chiang Rai City at the monument To King Mengrai, the founder of the city.

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After this we went to Wat Rong Khun which I posted in another thread.

Bobcock at Wat Rong Khun

THE END
06-12-2009, 03:09 AM
Scottish Gary

Good photos,
Im going to Chiang Rai with the wife and kids next month. First time in that neck of the woods.
06-12-2009, 03:28 AM
nigelandjan

Can I just ask as I have been to CM and CR also travelled by boat between em up the Ping and painted along the way , IS that Buddha 100% Photoshop free ??

Only a question
06-12-2009, 01:47 PM
Bobcock

Which buddah?...there are several in the thread.

To answer your question, nothing can be Photoshopp free as I use Photoshop to process each and every photograph otherwise you could not see them. The amount of photoshop would be different with each picture.
15-05-2010, 05:11 PM
ossierob

Thanks mate...we did the area including the sights around Chaing Rai last November but didnt get to look at the terraced rice fields etc....wonderful shots you got..