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Chiang Mai

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August 6th 2006
I bet you didn't expect this to be my next port of call, because I certainly didn't. After setting off from Don Det at 8am I took a boat to the shore, a local bus (complete with live chickens and a bag of live frogs) to Pakse, and a VIP bus to Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand where I arrived around 17.30. I took advantage of being at the bus station to enquire about times and prices of buses to Chia ... 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