Chiang Mai Times: Doi Internon

Welcome to PlaaPlaaPlaa!

So you may be wondering why PlaaPlaaPlaa? What are those strange fish symbols above? What is ปลา and what does it mean? In short, this is a blog site, so surely there's going to be plenty of rambling. Unfortunately BlahBlahBlah was already taken, so I had to settle for the 'Plaa'. But there's actually more to it then just ramblings. The first fish symbol is actually a Christian symbol meaning ICTHUS - a greek acronymn which means "Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour". The other strange letters you see in the last fish is actually the thai word for fish which funnily enough is pronounced "Plaa". So when you put it all together, this site is going to be my ramblings in telling people about how Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour in Thailand (with plenty of good stories about food in between). Happy reading.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Doi Internon

For the past 3 months, i though i'd take advantage of the fact that i had the use of 2 cars and so go for a few day trips to lots of places i haven't yet been. So course John and Denise get back in just 10 days and i still haven't really been anywhere! :) haha So last saturday, thought i'd take the opportunity to head to Doi Internon (the tallest mountain in thailand) with a couple of the teachers from school. Funnily enough, neither of them had been there either, despite the fact that it's only about 80kms out of CM. For some bizarre reason, i didn't really bother checking out the exact directions to get there. i figured it'd be well signed, so after a stop off at 7 eleven for some 'breaky' we were on our way. We drove down the road out of CM, started climbing up the mountain, while wondering which mountain exactly was Doi Internon, talking all the way. The only signs that Khruu Jai kept reading were ones that basically said 'dangerous' (cos by then we were going up the windy mountain roads). Thinking that it was strange that we hadn't seen any signs pointing where to turn to go to Doi Internon, we finally reached a town with signs, to Mae Hong Son and Doi Tom. But where was Doi Internon. Confused, we stopped to ask for direction, wondering with of those 2 places were needed to head to, only to find out that we had to go back the way we just came....for 38kms!!! Whilst it was highly amusing for all of us having gone so wrong with our directions, it was also a bit of a problem for my 2 passengers who also get car sick quite easily. So having to travel an unnecessary 76kms through windy roads, only to have to go up another 40kms up the REAL mountain. :) haha But despite the small detour, we had a great day out, plenty of laughs, opportunities to chat about lots of different things, and for the first time, i really missed the snow back in Oz. When we reached the top, as it was freezing, full of fog and strong winds. Unfortunately we couldn't see the view at the top of the mountain, but it was a bit of a fun for the teachers feeling like they were in Switzerland :) haha

teachers feeling like they were in Europe

Cos of our small detour, we didn't have enough time to go on some of the bushwalks that i would've liked to have gone on, so i guess i'll just have to go back some other day to do those. but we did get to see some awesome waterfalls and check out a few of the other lookouts. Got to play around and try a few arty shots too. still need lots of practice, but it was fun all the same. Here are a few shots from the day.