Took a tour from Chiang rai up to here. We'll worth taking a boat trip on the Mekong as technically you'll be in Burma and Laos at some point. "Interesting" to see what Chinese money is doing in Laos.

Great local town especially on Saturday evenings when they have the Walking Street Market. The only drawback are the casinos being built across the river in neigboring Laos. All Chinese owned. What was once a pastoral serene landscape is now a skyline of mass construction of Casinos, hotels and other high rise apartments. Boom Box music often blares across the river into the quiet Golden Triangle area of Thailand. I would not recommend renting a hotel room North of Chiang Saen.

You can take a small boat cruise around the Meekong river from Chiang Saen from where you can get great views of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Not only did we get the views of the scenery in the three countries, but we learned about the large city in Laos that has been built up around a casino. We were a bit concerned about mosquitos on the river but our guide told us not to worry as they couldn't keep up with the boat!

Came here because I have read about the Golden Triangle and drug trade in college and wanted to see it in person. It's like the Four Corners but more complicated because its 3 countries divided by the Mekong River. Of course it looked so different now than pictured in my college books. You see the Lao side, Myanmar side while standing on the Thai side. They're all a stone's throw away. There's a huge Buddha statue too and souvenir shops. Stop by here and go to the Hall of Opium and Mae Sai border to make it worth your day.

A good look out point of the Golden triangles three countries. Not too many tourists, so it was easy to take photos. The pollution did spoil the air and view. We took a boat ride on the Mekong and were unexpectedly dropped off in a Laos special economic zone for as long as we wanted. We didn’t stay long but it was an unexpected bonus to set foot in Laos.

My group visited the golden triangle as the final stop of our guided tour around the border areas. For somewhere so far from the major population centres, I was surprised by how busy it is in Chiang Sean. The Golden Triangle Viewpoint was the best place to get a bird's eye view of the river and the border of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Excellent things to see here are the Giant Golden Buddha and the Opium Museum.