Sunset on the cruise back home

Nong Kiew and Muang Neau - by Laura

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December 15th 2008
I have had many boat journeys in my time - cruises, rowing boats, cross channel ferries and canoes but nothing prepared me for the numerous forms of water transport we have taken over the last few days. Starting with the 7 hr upriver boat to Nong Kiew. Your remember those miniature wooden chairs you sat on at nursery school and then think of 6'3'' Ziad and seven hrs - quite a journey but it was a ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more