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September 23rd 2006
For want of something better to do while I figure out the best ways of getting to my next destinations, I headed off to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Doi Suthep is the mountain that sits on the edge of the city of Chiang Mai. The wat (temple) was built in 1383 when holy relics were carried there on the back of a white elephant which then dropped dead from exhaustion. Today there was a non-white eleph ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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I live in New Zealand. I started this blog when going on a 2006 trip through southeast Asia for three months to see the wildlife. Since then I've been on more trips through NZ, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and back to Asia a few times looking for animals. Anyone who is not interested in animals and who thinks nature is a waste of space shouldn't be reading this blog. Go back to your bars and your temples and your massage parlours; the kind of birds I'm contemplating would not excite you. ... full info
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