golden teak mansion also circa 1905

Unfortunately all of that beautiful wood is painted except for the floors which are a deep honey color. This is the king's wing. There was a section for his queen and consorts and there were "a lot of them." It's good to be da king!

Wild gibbons & the world's biggest water fight

April 25th 2009
We left Lao and headed to Kao Yai National Park in Thailand. It is one of a few places in Asia where you have a chance to see truly wild animals in a decent size sanctuary. We even got to see wild gibbons and an elephant. But bajeebers, the amount of leeches around was insane in the membrane! Millions of them inched across the forest floor and if you stopped for a few seconds you would see wav ... 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

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