Mae Salong valley

Back roads

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November 25th 2008
As I wander away from town, the paved roads fade to hard packed red earth and the bamboo which lines the road becomes densely clustered and shoots up fifty feet in the air. Segments of fallen bamboo husks litter the road, curled into browned squid-like carcasses, broad-backed and muscular. There is a huge dog marking his territory in the roadside reeds. His white and black cowl, Asiatic ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern Thailand

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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