With Love from My Mountain

from The Laurel of Northeast Georgia

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

OUTDOORSY

With Love from My Mountain

Post card from Another Mountain

Hi Georgia Mountain LAUREL I sent you some pictures of Doi Pha Tang. This Mountain is located in Chiang Rai, Thailand which is about 9,000 miles from State of Georgia. Doi Pha Tang is home to several different Hill tribes. Looking out from the peak of the Mountain on a clear day one can plainly see Laos from Thailand, but in the early morning hours the Mae Khong river is often covered by a thick blanket of fog. The temperature here is cool throughout the year. Piyalak Simon

PS Doi means Mountain in Northern Thai (Lanna) Language. Piyalak Simon, a mountain lover who was working as Assistant Editor of Seventeen magazine

Distance from Atlanta to Chiang Rai, Thailand ( by google)

Publisher’s’ Note: When I was contacted by Piyalak, a fellow mountain lover. She proposed an idea that we allow our readers who live in other areas to share their mountain or home with you, our readers. I continued to see her photos and the statistics about her home and area and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I decided since the idea was Piyalak’s that I wanted to let her be first. In talking with her through e-mails I found out that she actually worked for Seventeen magazine in her home country. She now lives with her husband in the Atlanta area and part-time in Rabun too. I can’t wait to meet Piyalak when she is in Rabun. I invite other people who live in other parts of the country or world to share their home with us. Sharing the mountains we call home has always been the mission of the Laurel, but I find as much joy in sharing yours too.

In front of the small hotel where I stayed

Trail to the peak of the Mountain

Students in elementary school at Doi Pha Tang come from many tribes who are all very poor. All kids walking from home to school by themselves, some more than 2 miles. Once used Military bunker at Thailand and Laos border