thats the life...

U turn to paradise

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July 2nd 2008
From Kanchanaburi (on the River Kwai) i headed north to the old capital city of Ayuttaya. i hired a bike and toured the citys ruins with Frans and Dirk (a gay Dutch couple) who i had met the night before. the whole place is truly amazing, and its hard to explain the sheer size of the ruined temples dotted around the city. i orriginally planned to head north ot Laos, but i decided to go south to ... 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