The tiny town of Chiang Khan is built along the Mekong River in northern Thailand, facing Laos on the other side. In the last few years, the city has embraced its heritage: all the old teak shops are now being restored, with financial encouragement from the Thai government.
During the week, the town is quiet. Come Friday night, Thai tourists arrive from Bangkok hoping to stay in a restored teak hotel along the river or sip tea amidst a sea of retro antiques. It is this sense of nostalgia for the past and loss of old Thailand that draws them here.
More about Chiang Khan from a previous post. https://almostitalian.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/the-town-that-turned-retro/
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Fascinating things go on all around the world that we often never hear about. This place looks so idiosynchratic and interesting. Your previous post really stuck in my mind and this one is a nice excuse to revisit. Thank you Francesca.
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I have so many photos of Chiang Khan, it was time to revisit. Thanks Ardys for coming with me.
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Fabulous photos. I love such walkabout photos of other places.
I would like to invite you to my blog party taking place right now. A great way to meet and mingle with other bloggers.
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Your snippets enable me to reminisce about travel in that region but your photos bring it back to life so beautifully. Thanks for the memories.
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I like your take on nostalgia. I’m finding it a very difficult concept to capture. Really looks like a wonderful place and I wish I could drop down into the restored teak hotel. The photo of the tea house on the Mekong was particularly evocative.
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The whole town is wooden and wonderful. The view is slow, the old fans whirl, its hot and the food is good. The other thing is that not many tourists from outside Thailand go there. Even my Thai friend in Melbourne doesn’t know about Chiang Khan and his family live 200 ks down the road on the river. The secret is out.
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If I am ever fortunate enough to return, this is the Thailand I want to see. And I will definitely talk to you before I book my tickets, Francesca. 🙂
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Yes, do yell out John if you plan to return and I can give you some lovely hotel recommendations which I never put on my blog.
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Sounds wonderful – is it in Issan? We went up through totally non-touristy Issan several years ago and crossed over into Laos at Nong Kai – also definitely worth a stop…
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yes, it is in Issan. It is not far Nong Kai which I have a few posts on. We took a car from Nong Kai, following the river, to get to Chiang Khan.
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