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The final lap, homeward bound

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May 12th 2006
Willing myself to conjure one final burst of energy, I managed to get off my rear in Kanchanaburi and have spent the last week and a bit in the north of Thailand, specifically Chang Mai and Pai. Sure, I could have gone a little further, seen a few more places. The body is willing, but the mind is weak. Or is it the other way round? Chang Mai is a more pleasant city than Bangkok. Significantly s ... 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