Matt friend and his girl Yee

Day 4 7th and 8th January 010

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January 8th 2010
Last night in Chain Mai turned into a double evening. First part was with a Burmese couple Matt works with, which was interesting seeing the softness off these people very different to Thai, sort of Scottish to English. We talked a lot about the recent history of Burma; were his Father and my Grand Father fought in the same war against the Japenese in 1943/45. Also learnt the recent history abo ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand

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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