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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]
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: Day Number Five
Date: August 20th 2006
Okay, so the bus wasnt the BEST experience of my life but hey, it had to be done, and I am now a better man for experiencing it. However, I was supposed to be catching the same bus back to Chiang Mai in 4 days time and then another bus to Phuket which is a 12 hour bus journey. I cancelled both of them and bought a plane ticket instead. Thank god for that. We arrived at our hostel 'Nice place 2' ... read more
Date: August 20th 2006
Okay, so the bus wasnt the BEST experience of my life but hey, it had to be done, and I am now a better man for experiencing it. However, I was supposed to be catching the same bus back to Chiang Mai in 4 days time and then another bus to Phuket which is a 12 hour bus journey. I cancelled both of them and bought a plane ticket instead. Thank god for that. We arrived at our hostel 'Nice place 2' ... read more


