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March 29th 2008
On the way to Sukhothai, the bus passed through the "old city" where the Sukhothai Historical Park (and all the interesting ruins) is located. We debated getting off there but weren't really sure so we continued on to the "new city" bus station which is about 12 km away. We were greeted by the usual group of tuk-tuk drivers wanting our business and after hooking up with two other travelers we wo ... 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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