Getting blessed by a Buddhist monk in Chiang Mai

Lovely Chiang Mai

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February 14th 2006
Its only when leaving the grot and grime that is Bangkok that you realise how beautiful the thai countryside is, and how different it is to whats back at home. after waking up in the middle of the night to use the surprisingly clean toilet in the middle of the night (nowhere near as evil as the ones at Leeds festival!) i couldn't get back to sleep and lay there for 3-4 hours before we got into ... 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