Monkey Caves

The Golden triangle

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June 13th 2009
We spent only two nights in Chiang Rai, after spending so long in Chiang Mai we were keen to push on a little and we were eager to get into Laos. So, we made the most of our time here and did a day trip out to the Golden Triangle which Ste especially wanted to do and as timing had it, it was on his birthday. The golden Triangle is more an area than a place, and in years gone by majority of t ... 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