Leech protection

Blood and guts, but no elephants

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April 12th 2008
So I would much rather talk about trekking in the Himalaya, but I should really do a wrap up of my last few days in Thailand first. This will also give me a chance to further digest the experience and try to figure out a way of actually writing about it, which I've been doing over the last day and a half with the aid of coffee, cake and coca cola. It was time for a few days break from the maddeni ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central 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