Dogs in cages

Ranong

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November 3rd 2008
Ranong is a place where travellers can come to do a 'visa run' across the border into Myanmar and back. At night, the street lights are dim which gives the town a kind of B-grade western movie feel. Business is aimed mostly at locals and life seems relatively normal here. At the hot springs on the outskirts of town, the temperature of the water is a crazy 65 degrees celsius. Reported to hav ... 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