Sad to leave Thailand!

Leaving Thailand...Crossing to Laos!!

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February 24th 2009
From Changmai we had another early start...to head to Chaing Kong which is on the Mekong river...the border over to Laos! We got a mini bus up there with some peeps...our lovely Swedish friends, Emelie and Nicole..and Julien "the man"! Chaing Kong was pretty rural...we got there are were herded into the front garden of a local family. They took money from us for visas (Canadians pay more ....ha ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West 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