The Golden Triangle

Chang Rai and The Golden Triangle

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February 4th 2008
Day 12: Chang Rai and the Golden Triangle Today we woke up bright and early to take a tour to Chang Rai and the Golden Triangle. We were on a tour bus with 5 other people for the long ride. We stopped many different places along the way up North. First, we stopped at a hot spring. Essentially, we pulled into a parking lot where in the middle there was a bubbling area of water with s ... 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