Rong Khun Temple, Chaing Rai

This unique Buddhist temple, still under construction, was designed by a contemporary Thai artist whom we met at the nearby shop that sold reproductions of his pictures. He is quite wealthy now and is having this shrine built at his own expense. It is made of pure white concrete with bits of glass embedded in it, which make it quite a sight in the bright sunshine.

Bangkok and the Golden Triangle to Singapore

March 19th 2005
Last night we got back from our 4-night overland trip through Thailand, traveling from Bangkok on the coast north to the other end of Thailand (old Siam). The border is several hundred miles away in the mountains where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma) meet in the “Golden Triangle.” This takes its name from the lucrative opium farming and trade that used to go on in the decades before Thail ... 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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