Our massage student friend Lou with her baby Cuba

Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Bye Bye Thais

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December 8th 2005
Another week has flown by here in Chiang Mai. We thought we would update you all before we head off to Laos via the slow boat. We will head up to a place called Chiang Rai and then to the border where we will board a boat on the Mekong River down through Laos to Luang Prebang. Last Thursday was Nick's 27th birthday which was kicked off with the best present any traveller could want: toilet pap ... 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