Tony & The Friendly Monk

Thailand - Beaches & Buddhas

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November 9th 2008
We crossed into Thailand from Malaysia by what seemed like an easy well trodden path, well at least according to the venerated Lonely Planet book. This could perhaps be deemed partly true, but the fact is the Lonely Planet is wrong so often that we have come to doubt its accuracy and this proved to be just such an occasion that it was wayward in its advice. In short the journey involved organising ... read more

Asia » 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