Me and the local ladies carrying the food

Ong and Kanchana - dive into local's life

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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