Post-Monsoon River Crossing

Dodging Cobras In The Dark

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November 7th 2008
Phew! What an adventure the past three days have thrown our way. We've traversed King Cobra infested paddy fields at night, slept with snakes, forged across torrential rivers thigh deep in monsoon mud and had our blood almost sucked dry by leeches. We reckon we're lucky to be alive .... and even luckier to have a good story to tell afterwards. The hill tribes of Northern Thailand's trekking are ... read more

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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