Bagkok traffic

the last on Laos

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February 1st 2007
Today we made an overwhelming journey, from Pakse in southern Laos, third largest city in Laos, where Thai imports and culture sneak across the border, across the Thai border, to Ubud the nearest Thai city by a new international VIP bus. We went into Ubud by songthaw from the bus station for lunch, landing randomly in the middle of town and picking by default what turned out to be a very simple a ... 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