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January 8th 2008
After a great break in Chiang Mai, I finally get off my butt and leave. Heading for Taton, even further north. Fortunately, this time the bus trip was a respectable 3 hours, just as well, as my good old British cold was actually fast turning into tonsilitis; oh lucky me. Taton was a lovely little town, with few tourists, except the luxury bus loads of Thais coming to visit the temple of course! ... 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