Ruins at Muang Singh Historical Park

March 20th 2008
Another history lesson! Back during WWII when Japan occupied most of southeast Asia they decided to build a connecting rail line between Thailand and Burma to provide a better supply route to their troops during the war. Since Japan took over the region they had over 60,000 POWs from Australia, Great Britain, Holland, and the US to use as slave labor to complete this very ambitious project in a ... 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

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Cara & Trevor

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Well our 3 month 10 day Asia trek ended April 29, 2008, a month short because of political issues but otherwise a great experience. We traveled from Singapore up through Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and China. Unfortunately we didn't get to go to Nepal because of political tension in Kathmandu. We couldn't go to Tibet because of the riots to free Tibet from China. And we chose not to go to India because of the heat, border tension with Nepal and because everyone we talked to said it was really hard to get around. The winner of the overall best country for sights, ease of travel, food an... full info

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