Camp 1

The Tourists are coming! Run to the Hills!

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August 5th 2006
DAY ONE Shakey start to the trek.... 8.30am pick up.. alarm fails to go off, SHIT it's 8.30am, we haven't packed a thing, in fact all we've done is pulled everything we own out of our rucksacks and sprawled in around our room. eek! Great start. But we're off and running. I wish I could tell you where exactly we went... but I believe it was to the north of Chiang Mai, and the firs ... 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