Village Boy

Touring Around Chiang Rai

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January 23rd 2012
Hey Everyone, I’m writing this from the shore of the Mekong River in Chiang Kong. We are taking a boat across it to get to Laos tomorrow and then we’re heading off into the jungle for 3 days for the Gibbon Experience – can’t wait! Zip-lining, gibbon monkeys (hopefully), and sleeping in a tree house. We travelled to Chiang Rai from Chiang Mai via Thaton. Thaton is beautiful, sleepy ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Rai

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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