Tha Phae Gate

Our Blessing

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February 23rd 2006
Yesterday was spent doing practically nothing in Bangkok while we waited for our 6pm bus to take us to Chiang Mai. We blissfully sat under the air-conditioning unit in an Internet cafe, easily forgetting about the intense heat and mugginess outside which we were due to leave behind! Our bus was the usual uncomfortable affair which took us over-night on the gruelling 13 hour journey to Chiang Mai ... 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