Lahu Children doing a song as a welcome to our group

North Country

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January 29th 2008
Hello All! Well, as of the last update we were heading out to go treking in the hills. Soooo much fun! We spent three days and two nights out in the hills. We visited three tribes of hill people ... the Karen, Lisu and Lahu, we hiked through country about 40km from the Burma (Myanmar) border. Incredible beauty and people. On the third day we did some bamboo rafting and had an Elephant ride which ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai

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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