Group in the middle of the trek

Back from the wilderness

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January 4th 2006
Well, it has been an interesting few days! Since I last wrote, we woke up on New Year's Day and boarded a public bus to Chaing Rai. The family behind us had obviously had a great celebration as they threw up all over the back of the bus. This made the 3 hour ride seem even longer. We arrived here in Chaing Rai where we stayed with a Thai family on their living room floor. We did a sho ... 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