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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: Loy Krathong all night long
Date: November 7th 2006
As fate would have it, the swashbuckling trio didn't make it to Laos as they had anticipated. But then, by this time, they had learned to expect the unexpected. Okay, that was going nowhere. We learned that it was easier to get to Laos via Chiang Mai, a place we all had wanted to visit anyhow, so here we are. We took 14ish hour extremely slow, extremelier rickity but still really nifty train r ... read more
Date: November 7th 2006
As fate would have it, the swashbuckling trio didn't make it to Laos as they had anticipated. But then, by this time, they had learned to expect the unexpected. Okay, that was going nowhere. We learned that it was easier to get to Laos via Chiang Mai, a place we all had wanted to visit anyhow, so here we are. We took 14ish hour extremely slow, extremelier rickity but still really nifty train r ... read more
