Tribal Times

Culture Week

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November 28th 2009
Tuesday and Wednesday were spent at the temple. We have visited a lot of temples over the last few weeks and none have been like the one we stayed in. It was pretty basic and our room literally consisted of 2 matts and a couple of fans and that was one of the luxury rooms! We spent the evening chanting and meditating which was interesting and then we had noodles for tea. In the morning we had to g ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central 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