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Thailand. A new adventure. Day 8. January 1, 2008

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January 4th 2008
Tuesday. January 1. Day 8. Lampang to the Golden Triangle to Chiang Rai. We're there in no Thai’m at all. On the way to Phayao Province, we stop at a pineapple farm where we are graciously allowed entrance into a farmer's home. Rickety steps lead to a long room devoid of furniture save for a television and a very old singer sewing machine. The only separate room houses mats surrounded by ... 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