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AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
The Golden Triangle Source : youtube.com The Golden Triangle is located in Sop Ruak, a small town, which sits at the meeting point of the Thai, Burmese and Laos borders. Situated at the junction of the Mekong and Sop Ruak rivers some 18 miles north of Chiang Rai, The Golden Triangle is a popular tourist spot often visited on day trips from Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai. The Golden Triangle...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Chiang Rai, Thailand Day 15: Chiang Rai Had a bit of a lie-in and then went to a hilltribe museum which explained all the different groups of hilltribers. There are about 9 different groups including the Akha, Kamer and Longnecks (who wear heavy gold rings around their necks from a young age which pushes their collarbones down and gives the impression...
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AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Life Styles of Living in Chiang Mai,Thailand Source : youtube.com Chiang Mai is the second-biggest province (changwat) of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are (from northeast clockwise) Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Tak, and Mae Hong Son. In the north it borders Shan State of Myanmar. The city of Chiang Mai was capital...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Hiya allSo we are still in Chiang Mai but not for too much longer We are all packed up and ready to move on to Chiang Rai this afternoon.I've really enjoyed being in Chiang Mai... but Dury has not had such a good time He was really sick in the night after I last wrote so we had to postpone going on the elephant trek by two days. Those two days were ok but we couldn't...
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AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Horse-drawn Carriage Ride in Lampang,Thailand Source : youtube.com Lampang is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon. Lampang is located in the broad river valley of the Wang River, surrounded by mountain chains. In...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Huay Xai, Lao Peoples Dem Rep Day 16: Chiang Rai / Huay Xai We were up at 6am today as we had to get the bus from Chiang Rai to the border crossing of Chiang Khong. The bus should only have taken 2 hours but for some reason it took 3 hours! We got the boat straight across the Mekong River to Laos where we had about 20 minutes to get through passport...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... People Power Party (PPP) loyal to Thaksin, was guilty of vote-buying in the northern province of Chiang Rai before last December's election. The PPP's success in that ballot saw a number of military and legal personnel who had supported the coup which removed Thaksin sidelined. Thaksin then returned from exile – bringing City players Kaspar Schmeichel and Kelvin Etuhu with him on his private...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bangkok - Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday found the deputy-leader of the People Power Party (PPP), which heads the current coalition government, guilty of fraud in the December 23, 2007 election, raising questions about the cabinet's political longevity. The Supreme Court for political offences found Yongyudh Tiyapairat guilty of giving money to ten village heads in Chiang Rai province to...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Prime Minister’s Office Minister, Mr. Chusak Sirinil, who also acts as legal adviser of the People Power Party, says his party has assigned him to look into Mr. Yongyuth’s alleged vote-buying case in Chiang Rai province during the general election last year. Mr. Chusak says he would have to wait for the court’s verdict before taking any legal action.
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Mae Sai, Thailand Day 14: Mae Sai / Chiang Rai We got up early and went to the border town of Mae Sai. This is in Thailand but is one point where you can cross into Myanmar (formerly called Burma). So we went across the border for 2 hours and went to a market and had a drink. I couldn't find a bank to get some local currency so I asked a stranger in the street...
