Baby monkeys

The Golden Triangle

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August 19th 2016
An 8.00am start for what looked to be a packed itinerary. Our tour guide was a local gentleman called Addy and my travel companions 5 Italians and a family of 4 Spaniards. The first stop for the day was the White temple. Most Thai temples are very colourful things covered in red, gold and green as Boy George used to sing. Anyway this particular temple was in a very poor state and in need of major ... 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