Buddha and His Pet Cat

Chang Mai and Down the Mekong

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July 15th 2009
We took a flight from Singapore via Bangkok to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Our guesthouse was a really great place, it had a swimming pool and lovely terrace, all for 3 pounds each, which after the place in Singapore was a dream. We had a Singha beer on the terrace before catching a tuk-tuk to the night markets -a huge network of stalls selling souvenirs of all sorts - textiles, t-shirts, jew ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern 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