man's funeral awaiting cremation

Three blessings in one day.

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September 14th 2012
Today is our last day here, and in Thailand itself, so it was back to the temples. One thing, we did learn was that the levee broke in Sukhothai a couple of days after we left. The ruins weren't flooded but our hotel was on an overflow canal so we were all thinking about them and the nice people we met there. We first stopped at the crematorium of the Royal Family of Chiang Mai. Called Wat ... 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