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Sukhothai

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June 19th 2012
Another early morning began after spending the night on the hardest "bed" I've ever tried to sleep on and finally calling it quits and getting up at 5:30 am. Most of the folks on the trip were feeling the same as many of us were hanging around the common room pretty early. After a nice breakfast we climbed into our trusty "local limo" - or songteaw - for a short drive from New Sukohthai to the ... 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