Herbs aplenty

Pottering about in Kanchanaburi

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June 25th 2006
Our second-to-last full day in Kanchanaburi...We plan to leave earlyish Tuesday morning to catch our buses to Lopburi. We have had a great time here - Kanchanaburi is a wonderfully peaceful and relaxed town. We started the day with a visit to the main fresh-produce market in the south of town. It was about 10am by the time we arrived so it was quite quiet, but there were lots of vendors left in ... 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