Reclining Budda

Northern Thailand Tour

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February 21st 2009
First proper day of our Intrepid Tour of Northern Thailand. We start by walking to the river pier, jumping into a larg longtail boat which sets off for a tour of the canals on the Thornbury side of Bangkok. These canals are used like water versions of roads, with main canals, side canals and very narrow sois. We pass residential areas and the temple area where we feed 'lucky' bread to the fish ... 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