Mae Sot
Thailand
April 12, 2010

I travel by van, over the mountains westward to Mae Sot, a town that sits on the bank of the Moei River, the natural barrier between Thailand and Myanmar. 

Mae Sot is a stroller’s dream.  The town is dotted with two important stroller-ingredients: golden temples and fresh-brewed coffee.  May and Nok are my new friends at the Oasis Coffee Shop – Breakfast All Day, Free Internet, Café Americano.

The third stroller ingredient is a colorful, shoulder-to-shoulder market.  And since Mae Sot is a border town with a porous border, many if not most of the merchants are Myanmar immigrants or refugees – legal and illegal.