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Bangkok-Hanoi

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June 13th 2006
After our overnight bus journey to Changmai, we transferred to our guesthouse for breakfast. Of the many activities on offer in Changmai, most of the group elected to go Elephant riding, followed by bamboo rafting. The elephants were amazing - a nice slow pace through the jungle, sometimes making new tracks in search of food. At one stage I was more than a little nervous as we were right on a clif ... 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