Solar power

Each village was given around a million baht as a gift from prime minister Thaksin. This village decided to spend it on solar power panels and lead acid batteries. What an awesome investment. The village now has 24 hour lighting with each house having a 2-panel photovoltaic solar generator (except the headman's house, which has the 5-panel collector pictured and a satellite TV dish). There wasn't any sign of a TV, however.

Thi Lo Su Waterfall -- skip it and go to this one instead

December 11th 2011
My girlfriend Naitt was almost crying when we arrived at Thi Lo Su Waterfall. Last time she went there, it had taken two days of rafting and trekking, and was like discovering a new secret place with just four frineds. This time, there were hundreds of tourists. But the next waterfalls were awesome. Heading in to Thi Lo Su From our awesome hillside bungalow, we headed towards Mae Sot ... 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

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