Elephant bath time!!

Thailand(2) & Elephants!!!

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July 27th 2006
We now had our final 2 weeks in Thailand, before having to "think the unthinkable" & head back home....but before that, we had plenty to do: - we spent a night in the Thai border town of Chiang Khong, helping Brian & Emily (from our river cruise) celebrate Emily's birthday, and finding the most fabulous 'wat' (temple) in town (which had the best internal paintings that we had seen to date on ou ... 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