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Um Phang

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May 21st 2006
Um Phang is, in a word, splendiferous. Splendi, from the Greek splendididos, meaning splendid or good. Ferous, from the Latin ferous, meaning iron, ferocious, or wicked-sweet. For those of you still reading Um Phang also has liquor. Awesome local moonshine. It is some pretty good stuff. Fi and I were welcomed into the bosom of Karin hospitality once our driver and float trip ca ... 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