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August 15th 2008
Shorter entry today because I've been spending too much time talking to people who are online on facebook! And soon we get on our 12 hour train to Chiang Mai! So the 13th... First we went to the Golden Buddha (Wat Traimit). It was closed because the King was going there later in the afternoon so they were doing security checks. We got to see the outside though and the King's feast which consisted ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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