Flowers

First Week Home!

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January 13th 2007
My first week back in Phrae has been a mix of relaxation and getting back into things. Last tuesday we got to travel with 7 (hysterical) teachers to the flower show set up for the king's 60th anniversary on the throne. We woke up at 5am to get into a minivan full of loud music and blasting AC on a typically freezing Phrae morning. Once there it was really amazing though. There was an orchid sect ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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