Songklha Waterfight

Out in the sticks and over the border

---

April 19th 2006
I have had a fairly eventful week just gone. I left my friend in Krabi, having enjoyed the luxury of his little guesthouse and his girlfriend's cooking for more days than I had planned, and headed north to Khao Sok National Park, which forms part of one of the largest untouched areas of rainforest in S.E.Asia. As soon as I left the bus it began to rain, and it meant business. Although it didn't la ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Southern Thailand » Hat Yai

---

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