Background: A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict. Thailand is currently facing armed violence in its three Muslim-majority southernmost provinces.
April 7th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong Von Chiang Saen gibt es zwei Möglichkeiten nach Chiang Khong zu fahren. Eine Direktverbindung und eine längere Variante auf einer Straße, die einer Schleife des Mekong folgt. Ich nahm letztere, und wu ... 10 photos[full story]
July 17th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong Hello,
long time no write!
Ok, I'll write in two parts...One: cambodja/thailand
Two: Laos
PART ONE
My last message was somewhere in Sihanoukville (Camb ... 8 photos[full story]
April 15th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong Day 40-April 14th: I awoke at 7:00ish and ate breakfast at the guesthouse before checking out. I walked into town to where you can catch a songthaew (shared taxi, like a semi-open/semi-closed pickup ... [full story]
April 20th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong Day 11
Back to school, Thai cooking class.
We enrolled in what can be defined as the ducks guts of cooking schools, in thai terms it was an expensive day but in the end extremely filling. After ... 5 photos[full story]
March 15th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong Greetings from the mighty Mekong river, and Chiang Khlong famous for giant cat fish (up to 3metres) and the slow boat crossing to Luang Prebang in Laos. But I digress, the aim of this blog is to bring ... 26 photos[full story]
February 26th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong Heute am 25iogsten bin ich noch einwenig in Chiang Mai rumgestreunt, doch erst so um 12 Uhr Mittags. Vorher gabs ein ausgedehntes Morgenessen nachdem ich mit einigen Reisenden ca. 2 h geplaudert hatte ... [full story]
February 25th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Khong I write this while on a bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Khong on the border with Laos. I'll take the opportunity to blame any spelling or grammatical errors on the fact the driver has decided to test ju ... 4 photos[full story]
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