Dare You!

Long Necks and Big Ears! (Pai and Chiang Rai)

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February 13th 2008
(Catherine) We decided to head further north to Pai after it was recommended to us by one of the people on our Tibet tour. Pai is a lovely, relaxing riverside town that has a festival feel to it - foodstalls and make-shift bars line the streets and there are always bands playing in restaurants and on the pavements. It's also full of aged Thai hippies! Apparently they discovered Pai in the 60s a ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern Thailand

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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