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A Trek from Pang Mapha to Shan Village

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February 7th 2016
Saturday 6 February Breakfasted at 8.30am then collected at 9am by Toy as arranged. We were driven to a local village where we met our guide, Peeuk. He led us an exhilarating three and a half hour trek to his own Shan village of Ban MaeLanka. It was estimated to be 15 kilometres in length, however we agreed it was closer to 12, as our guide took a couple of shortcuts, requiring him to carve ... 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