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Buddhas, bites and lots of food

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October 13th 2011
So, yesterday was an eventful day. We took a ride with a tuk tuk driver who took us to some interesting temples, and some less interesting tailors and jewellery shops. He told us that the government would pay for his petrol with coupons if he took us to these shops to promote them. All a bit of a scam (we found out later the shops pay them to take tourists by to get sales), but at least we got to ... 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