Picture Perfect

There must be something in the water around here....

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July 26th 2006
It was a misty trail from Pai, over the mountains which led to yet another picturesque valley: Mae Hong Son. It was small and there appeared to be few tourists and I was met by a torrential downpour. Rain was not the only circumstance that kept me indoors for I was plagued with the most extreme gastro and was glued to the toilet for days. I couldn't eat nor sleep for the constant trips to the l ... 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