Monk on phone

Chiang Mai Zoo

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September 23rd 2004
Today we actually got out before 9am and started exploring the city a little more. We first went for a walk where we ran into a camera crew and possible celebrities from India and had noodle soup (yum, it's beginning to become a staple meal since it's only $0.50). We went to the zoo since there are posters everywhere proclaiming the arrival of the Giant Pandas from China on loan for the Queen's ... 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