Allied graves at Kanchanaburi

Northern Thailand and another New Year

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April 26th 2005
Bangkok. Wow what a place ! What can I say that hasn’t already been written ? Well for a start I can say that the stories of being scammed and ripped off are true… that is if you are a stupid tourist with not an once of common sense or like a couple of people I have met, a stupid gap year student who lands in Bangkok on the way to Australia without the first clue about what to expect. If howev ... 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