Wood carving in the Karen village

This carving had been by a man, brother of the boy in the photo, who had learnt his skill in a prison where he had been of smugling amphetamine. Being so close to Golden triangle there are lots of drus in this area. The boy in the picture was absolutely adorable eleven year old whose name means 'watermelon'. Usually all Thai names mean something.

Ong and Kanchana - dive into local's life

March 4th 2007
From Chiang Mai I had two options for a next destination. I could go directly to Pai, of which I had heard lots of good stuff and was planning to spend a while in, or I could add an additional loop in the countryside to the schedule. I still didn't know which way I was heading when I arrived on the bus station. In the end something my colleague and friend Rachel had said about the best things bein ... 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

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