Elephant Feeding

Run for the border

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January 7th 2013
Run for the border Time for a visa run. We had received tourist visas in Laos before heading to Thailand, giving us up to 60 days to stay in the country, provided we didn't leave. They flew by quickly and suddenly it was time to re-up our legality. From Chiang Mai, the closest and most commonly used border crossing is at Mae Sai, a town at the northernmost point in Thailand, across t ... 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