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Exploring Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai hides its age well. It is, in fact, thirty-five years older than Chiang Mai, northern Thailand's largest and best known city.Founded in 1262, it was briefly the capital of King Mengrai's
2009-09-29 3:37pm |
Ethnic Diversity
Modern Thailand hosts an amazing variety of peoples of different ethnic stocks and linguistic roots, all of whom co-exist in superb, peaceful harmony living under the royal kindness graciously
2009-09-29 3:35pm |
Dive the Andaman Sea
Phuket, Andaman Sea
Popular dive sites by the dozen
Thailand’s Andaman Sea, a small part of the eastern Indian Ocean, stretches from the western shores of Malaysia, outward to the
2009-09-29 3:33pm |
Buddhism Thailand's National Religion
The impact of Buddhism on Thailand is pervasive and all-embracing.
Skylines characterized by gilded temple spires, ubiquitous Buddha statues large and small, files of saffron-robed
2009-09-29 3:27pm |
Bangkok Wonderous and Woeful
Bangkok is not a beautiful city. But it is unquestionably a captivating one, exerting an irresistible charm as the epitome of all things Thai. Alec Waugh got it right in his 1970 book on the Thai
2009-09-29 3:24pm |
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