One of the rivers thru the camp, really important

Day 6 Evening

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January 13th 2010
We drove through a unguarded back entrance into Mae La refugee camp, Westerners need special passes to get in. Through TV appeals and aid requests we have become sort of normalised to refugee camps, however that is not the case when your there ,it’s the dust, mud, smells, housing - a prison for 20 years in this camps case. The size; 3 x1 mile and there are 8 more along the border. And then yo ... 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