View from our veranda...!

River Kwai to Chang Mai

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November 1st 2008
After we left Bangkok we headed to Kanchanburi where the bridge over the River Kwai is, this place was so peaceful compared to the madness of Bangkok, we loved it ! Stayed in a really cheap and friendly guesthouse right on the river, where there was also lots of cheap grub and beer ! What more does one need !? ha ! We did hire a motorbike (sorry mum!) here which was great fun, and meant we could g ... 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