Budda

"I get 70 miles to the gallon on this hog . . ."

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March 25th 2006
For those unawares, the title of today's entry is a quote from the movie, Dumb and Dumber, and while it is a good description of the characters in the film, it's a spectacularly apt label for myself and my cohort on this particular day. The previous evening I agreed to head to a nearby temple built on a mountain via a moped my roommate had rented. After visitng the wat we proceeded to go to the ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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