Laid back Pai

The Land of Smiles (Northern Thailand)

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March 26th 2010
Hello from South East Asia. At last we are back to civilisation arriving in the now modern Bangkok complete with sky scrapers, 8 lane highways, and shopping. Our 4 day stay in Bangkok allowed us to re-group and take in this devoted capital and it's many shrines and buddhas as well as sample some new modes of transport, from ferries down the Mae Nam, the metro, local buses and the new sky train. Ha ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West 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