Tacheliek in Burma

Golden Triangle

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November 26th 2006
Today we took a songthaew up to the Burmese border and crossed over to Burma. Only had a couple of hours there, so jumped on a tuk-tuk and whizzed around a few sights close to the border town. Similar to Thailand, but poorly kept. Couldn't tell if they drove on the right or left side of the road. In the end decided that they simply chose the side with least potholes!! A can of Myanmar beer was ... 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