Me and a tiger

Tigers and Elephants

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March 7th 2006
Our next stop out of Bangkok was a town about 2 hours west called Kanchanaburi. Before coming here we were all pretty excited, and whilst there it definitly didn't disapoint. We got to the hostel, which was easily the nicest hostel we've stayed at, as it was right on the side of the River Kwai, it was also the cheapest. About two hours later we were on our way to the Tiger Temple, and this place ... 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