{"id":11771,"date":"2013-12-23T23:26:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=11771"},"modified":"2013-12-23T23:26:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T15:26:40","slug":"exploring-golden-triangle-of-thailand-lost-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=11771","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Golden Triangle of Thailand &#8211; Lost &#8211; Help !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear SHC members, <\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !<\/p>\n<p>I am planning to retire in 2014, and with 2 good friends, we are planning to explore the Golden Triangle of Thailand.  All of us are first-timers ?  Would really appreciate if any one can provide some pointers on :-<\/p>\n<p>1. The do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts when visiting the Golden Triangle;<br \/>\n2. The things to do and must-see places in Chiangmai, Chiangrai and the border town of Myanmar;<br \/>\n3. Can we stay over night in Myanmar?  And if yes, any recommended lodging;<br \/>\n4. How can we travel overland from Chiangmai or Chiangrai, cross border into Laos and travel up north to Kunming Yunnan ? Any suggested mode of travel ? by bus, by train, by boat up Mekong river, etc.<\/p>\n<p>We are planning to spend 2~3 weeks in March 2014 to explore the Golden Triangle.<\/p>\n<p>I  truly appreciate and thank all of you in advance for your suggestions !<\/p>\n<p>BTW, I am also interested in Terrance&#8217;s idea of retiring in Thailand. Thank you !<\/p>\n<p>Warm Regards,<br \/>\nRonnie Chow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear SHC members, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ! I am planning to retire in 2014, and with 2 good friends, we are planning to explore the Golden Triangle of Thailand. All of us are first-timers ? Would really appreciate if any one can provide some pointers on :- 1. The do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=11771\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exploring Golden Triangle of Thailand &#8211; Lost &#8211; Help !&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11828,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11771\/revisions\/11828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}