Monks Praying at Temple

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July 24th 2008
I finally realised why I didn't overplan my trip. Because lets face it my mind is as changeable as the Irish weather! So I left my accomodation the other morning enroute to buy my train tickets north to Chang Mai' 700km away and I came back with tickets to Krabi. 800km south! Now lets face it' I don't think that Intrepid Travel would let me have done that :-) Mind you it is an epic 16 hour jou ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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