Roadside ambushers

Songkran: The largest waterfight in the world

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April 21st 2008
Songkran is Thailand's biggest holiday. It celebrates the SE Asia new year and is similar to our Thanksgiving because it is long and everyone travels home to be with family. Most of the Thai schools are in the middle of their summer break but those that aren't, like the international schools, allow for about a week. Officially the holiday lasts from Sunday until Wed with Thursday given for return ... 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