Laos - Myanmar [aka Burma] - Thailand:
The Tachileik/Mae Sai border bridge and the Golden Triangle
Photographs by (c) Rolf Palmberg [1995].
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View from Mae Sai, Thailand's northernmost town. Myanmar temple on the left. |
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The river Nam Mae Sai and the border bridge between the Myanmar town of Tachileik [aka "The City of Golden Triangle"] and Mae Sai. |
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The border bridge from another angle. |
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The gate of the [closed] border bridge. |
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The river Ruak. View of the [unmarked] tripoint between Laos, Myanmar and Thailand [aka "The Golden Triangle"]. Picture taken from the Thai village of Sop Ruak [map2: yellow dot]. Myanmar territory in the background; Laotian territory on the right. |
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Hotel construction work on the Myanmar riverside [map2: green dot]. |
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Boats by the Laotian riverside. |
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Approaching the tripoint from the opposite direction. Sop Ruak visible in the far distance; Myanmar territory on the right; northern tip of the Laotian island on the left [map2: blue dot]. |