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Thale Ban National Park

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April 4th 2006
Our next destination was the Thale Ban National Park which caused some doubt before we even set off, with neither of us wanting to ask how to get to the Taliban Park until we were assured that that is the correct pronunciation (I pictured some sort of an extremist theme park with rides like a suicide bomber rollercoaster etc). Once we were sure that our pronunciation wasn't going to cause offen ... read more

Asia » 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