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Back in the land of the Buddha

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February 27th 2009
We are back in Thailand now after a wonderful 2 weeks in Cambodia. It is an amazing country, particularly since the Khmer Rouge atrocities are still so recent and every family has lost a relative. It was a real joy and quite humbling to be with such smiley, optimistic, sunny people. We arrived in Phnom Penh and spent 3 days in a great hotel beside the river. This was our base for exploring the ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi

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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