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Bamboo rafting

On the Mae Wang river
It's a REAL jungle out there

February 18th 2005
The sleeper train got us into Chiang Mai early on tuesday morning. We pulled into the station alongside the orient express. After avoiding crowds of accomodation touts we managed to reach a telephone and arrange for Peter (from the Chiang Mai youth hostel) to come and pick us up. Chiang Mai is Thailand's 2nd city, although with a population of c116,000 it is more like a town compared to the c ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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