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Life of Pai

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March 16th 2007
It's evident now that during certain points of my trip my entries may be few and far between. Hopefully, this is a sign that I am too busy having fun to write which luckily is the case at the moment. I am in the wonderful little town of Pai, high in the mountains of northern Thailand. I arrived about 6 days ago from Chiang Mai on a crowded local bus. Within half an hour of getting here I found a ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai

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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