The city and the certificate of arrival !
Photo Gallery of airport and city in Mae Hong Son of Northern Thailand.
Mae Hong Son is about 300 km to the northwest from Chiang Mai, and it's close to the border between Thailand and Myanmar. It will take
about 40 minutes from Chiang Mai by air (if my memory is correct. :D ).I visited Mae Hong Son twice so far (as of 2013). For the first time, I flew to Chiang Mai from Bangkok, then changed to an around 80-seat small airplane.
Mae Hong Son is famous for Long Neck Tribe (Ban Nai Soi, the beautiful temples at the edge of a lake, Wat Chong Kham / What Chong Klang and the temple on top of a mountain, Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu reported on a different page.
Check out the Mae Hong Son top page for other spots.
This page shows the airport, the city and so on.
You can get a certificate of "coming to Mae Hong Son at last !" at Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Mae Hong Son Office showed at the bottom of this page. If you have time, why don't you drop by the office ? :D
- [Mae Hong Son] Mae Hong Son Airport
- [Mae Hong Son] Scenery of the city
- [Mae Hong Son] An old suspension bridge
- Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Mae Hong Son Office
[Mae Hong Son] Mae Hong Son Airport |
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| I went to Mae Hong Son by air from Bangkok transferred at Chiang Mai for the first time in my life in 2004. I had really wanted to visit here
at least once for a long, long time with high expectation, however, unfortunately,
it was rainy... (It was in the rainy season (it was in August) and not so a lot of tourists.) |
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| Finally, reaches at Mae Hong Song airport. | Scenery right after getting out the building. | ||
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| The airport - I felt Mae Hong Son airport looked cute like a train station. | |||
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| Tuk-Tuk Tuk-Tuk at the airport: Thai convenient taxi. Looks cool with the spare tire and the color. |
Tribes I saw a picture of native costume list at the airport. Each of them is unique and the combination of colours is beautiful. |
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| It is very fine, but ... | On the way to Mae Hong Son, I saw some military airplanes at Chiang Mai airport. | |
[Mae Hong Son] Scenery of the city |
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| For the first time when I visited here, I wanted to go and see around the city to see what the city looked like. However, it was raining really heavily at that time and I was afraid I walked around only a little. For the second time, it was not raining but when I got there, it was already in the evening and almost no time to check around. Hmmm, okay, next time, I'm sure I'll walk around and around. :D |
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| The city in the rain The scenery of the city when I visited for the first time. A lot of people were riding on a motorbike wearing a rain cape. |
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| Phraya Singhanatracha Memorial The first governor of Mae Hong Son. |
A guide map in Japanese I found a guide map in Japanese. A little happy as a Japanese. :D |
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| A street in the city 1 I thought the city was not so big but when I walked a street, I felt it was kind of a big city. |
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| A street in the city 2 A big building. Hotel or shop ? |
Heavy rain ! The rain when I visited Mae Hong Son for the first time. It was a heavy shower. |
A lot of motorbikes A lot of motorbikes in a row. HONDA ! :D |
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| Public phone - A public phone in silver. | Traffic signal It shows how many seconds left to a green light. |
Riding with an umbrella Some ride on a motorbike with an umbrella. Be careful to ride ! |
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| Market near the airport | Shops along a street | Tuk-tuk ! A tuk-tuk is running ! Same as in Bangkok. :D |
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| Getting dark The sun is going down. This is a scenery of the city when I visited Mae Hong Son for the second time. |
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| A lot of shops along a street A street near the famous temple, Wat Chong Kham and Wat Chong Klang. A lot of shops are opened. I guess it will be crowded with visitors around here. |
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| Restaurant Menu is displayed like this. |
Before raining A sidecar with a big umbrella. Hmmm, it's not an umbrella but a parasol... ? |
Leaves of dye In the picture, the left big leaves can be used for making dye and for drug also. The red is not blood. It comes from the leaves. |
[Mae Hong Son] An old suspension bridge |
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| I couldn't find out the precise location of this bridge on the map of Mae
Hong Son but our tour guide took me here. I saw some groups also came to this bridge and enjoyed walking while smiling or twitching their faces with fear. This is maybe one of tourist spots in Mae Hong Son. |
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| An old suspension bridge Our guide took me to this old bridge. People in the city use a new concreted bridge on the right in the picture, though. The bridge looks it's one of tourist spots and I saw some groups of visitors were walking on it. Me ? I tried and walked on it, slowly and carefully with my face a little twitched. :D |
Tourism Authority of Thailand - Mae Hong Son Office |
| I dropped by Tourism Authority of Thailand - Mae Hong Son Office. I heard you can get a certificate of something of Mae Hong Son. Okay, let's go and check it out ! |
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| This is the office. | The office is very close to the temple at the edge of a lake, Wat Chong Kham / Wat Chong Klang. View in a larger map |
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| The newsboard in the office shows various information such as memorial stickers and information of Pai. | |
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| The certificate This is the certificate of arrival to Mae Hong Son. You can get this certificate with your name and date on it. 20 Baht. Me ? Sure, I got it. :D |
A cat relaxing ! A cat was relaxing on the desk. The office has a very relaxing atmosphere for visitors. :D |
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