Prasat Prah Vihear

Temples, cliffs and life as a celebrity.

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September 1st 2006
Day 1 From Champasak we crossed the river and headed back up to Pakse where we jumped on a bus to the border town of Chong Mek crammed into yet another Laos bus with 40 others and a continual denial by the ticket man that we could fit more onto the truck. Ricko meanwhile was crushing some poor little Laos girl between him and the cabin as we went over yet another bump in the road. Then it was ... 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