A view from the boat

In Thailand. Lots of pictures!

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July 9th 2006
After many hours on boats and buses in the last 3 days (... about 32 hours), I have finally made it to the big city of Chang Mai in Northern Thailand. It really is big. I've heard the population is around 1 million, but I doubt anyone really even knows. Laos was great, but it's also really nice to be back in this country where everything is at least a little bit on schedule. In Laos you just can't ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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