Tom Yam with shrimp

Book Lover's Dream

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April 26th 2006
I am sad that I am determined to travel light. There are tons of great used book stores in Chaing Mai, the best I have ever seen. They have everything under the sun and wish they were in Arlington. I am trying to resist though and have limited myself to four books although I did sell three back. Pretty good actually. The other day I decided to take a Thai cooking class. I had read about the ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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