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Monks at work

Several young monks fearlessly cutting branches from a tree in Mae Hong Son. Our driver calls this shot "Monkey Monk".


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Thai  Flag 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]
Blog: Pai and Mae Hong Son
Date: June 30th 2005

Hello again! We're a few days behind in posting because we haven't had time to post. We've been travelling to many different places. On the 28th, we left Chiang Mai - a lovely city - and drove to the small mountain village of Pai. We stopped at a Hilltribe Museum, and our guide Udon explained the history of many of the different hilltribes in northern Thailand. We stopped at the tiny villag ... read more




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Lynne and Mark
We are a couple from Michigan who enjoy the natural wonders and the culture of places we travel. We first used travelblog.org to log our trip to Thailand and Cambodia. Since then, we've used it to blog trips to areas of California and Europe.... full info
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