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Beasties and other stuff

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December 4th 2013
Ants have replaced mozzies as public enemy. The cockroaches are meaty and I've seen one snake and one scorpion (a reminder not to go bare foot in the blue room). There are spiders bigger than my hand and once I counted 33 geckos on the way from dinner to my room. No beasties in my room yet but I keep having to leave the door open as Chester the cat seems to have taken up residence in my bed, s ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Rai

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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