A ceremony at Wat Saphan Hin

When we arrived at the top there was a group of monks, villagers, and men from the Thai army holding some form of a ceremony. Our presence seemed to discomfort them so we thought it best if we leave so as to not intrude.

One chedi, two chedi, three chedi, more?!

March 3rd 2007
The thrill of market and temple hopping eventually wore off. After about a week-and-some in Chiang Mai, the trio (Sodahead still suffered from his ankle ailment) to my delight made the decision to go south to the province of Sukhothai! We hired a car and driver for the day to take us the four hours to the town. Along the way we discovered that our driver, Boonphat, spoke perfect English and had ... read more

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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.... ... read more

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