Ahka Hill Tribe Woman with Our Guide Peter
The hill tribe woman spoke no Thai or English, but she had a little gift bazaar set up at her house and communicated prices with no trouble. She sold trinkets and jewelry, and (of course) replicas of her headdress. Peter Kollar was our Australian tour guide from the ship and he was a lot of fun.
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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]
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] Blog: Bangkok and the Golden Triangle to Singapore
Date: 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
Date: 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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Mary and I are taking a world cruise and would like to learn more about the places we will visit as well as inform our friends and family of our travels....... full info
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