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Floats in the procession  
   

Floats in the procession

For the Chao Poh Noo Festival, celebrating a sacred image that floated along the river and stopped at Banglumpoo (where we are staying). He gives the people prosperity and trade. It happens every year but this one was the 40th anniversary.
Oh my god I can't believe it I've never been this far away from home

November 12th 2006
Bangkok: It's nowt like Peterlee Kris Having gone 36 hours with only an hours sleep between us we arrived at our hotel to find that there was a festival going on to herald our arrival. Nice eh? Sort of. Desperate for sleep after a brief excursion down the street to buy water we returned to our room at around 11 to collapse into bed. Hold on...the street festival outside our w ... 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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