Chiang Mai night market

The story of the Korean and the Elephant in Chiang Mai

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May 31st 2007
The boat trip between Luang Prabang and Huay Xai in Laos wasn't as bad as 2 whole days on a hard seat could have been. With the aid of an ipod and some books the time passed relatively quickly. At no stage were my German travelling companions and I tempted to abort our trip and pay for one of the brightly couloured, plywood death traps that sped up river a lot quicker (accident permitting)! Ch ... 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