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.
June 27th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son Jared, Alex and I arrived in Mae Hong Son in the late afternoon, and settled in to a guesthouse at the outlandish price of $3 for the evening (hey, it wasn't the plaza, but it was still pretty amazing ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son Hello Everyone!
Us again!! And look we have pictures again!
We travelled from Sukhothai to Mae Sot near the Burmese border on the next leg of our trip.
The main reason was to cross into Myanm ... 17 photos[full story]
March 16th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son A place sure not to be missed when visit to North Thailand.... Mae Hong Son is accesable by bus (7-8 hours) or by flight (35-40 minutes) from Chiang Mai.
We visit on the 16th Mar and return on 18t ... 172 photos[full story]
April 4th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son After Pai we went to Mae Hong Son which is a town not far from the Burmese (Myanmar) border.
It was quite an adventure getting there, and not because you had to pass through several Thai army che ... 23 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son After our 5th week in Thailand, we left Pai to get away from the black hole of hippy enlightenment and headed out on the famous MaeHongSong loop. We found a simple little guesthouse on the little lak ... [full story]
February 25th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son sur l'air de la toune de Charlebois: je reviendrai a Montreal!!!
Par ou commencer?
Une petite ville super geniale. Un petit peu de touristes, mais pas trop. Pour trouver Mae-Hong-Son, c'est ... 22 photos[full story]
February 21st 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son Une autre partie du voyage qui tombe dans la categorie des moments inoubliables!!!
Depuis la derniere entree, j'ai passe une derniere soiree a Mae-Sot, ou, comme a l'habitude, je suis aller prendre ... 7 photos[full story]
January 26th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Mae Hong Son & oras buszut vezet Chiang Maibol a burmai hatar kozeleben levo Mae Hong Sonig, ami
stilszeru kepzavarral elve Thaifold Szentendreje.
A tersegben kiralyi foldmuvelesi mintagazdasagok mukodnek a hel ... 47 photos[full story]
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