Lotus flowers

Meditation at Wat Rampoeng

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April 18th 2009
On the morning after the mahout training we donned the all white clothes that we'd previously bought at the Chiang Mai night market, got in a songthaew (adapted pick up truck with benches in the back and used like a bus) and went to Wat Rampoeng for the toughest 10 days of our trip so far. We had signed up for 10 days of vipassana meditation at the wat which is just outside Chiang Mai and were fee ... 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