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Visiting Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai is known as a base for trekking around Thailand’s scenic north. However, the city also holds significance as a major player in the history of Thailand. It is also easy to get off the beaten...

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Shwedagon Paya, Myanmar80

Water Festival

Visiting Southeast Asia around the time of Water Festival can be the best or worst experience of a trip, depending on the place you choose. People in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar celebrate New Year...

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East Asia's Best Beaches

Alex Garland’s 1996 novel The Beach gained cult status, especially amongst young western tourists who “backpacked” around Asia in search of places and experiences similar to those described...

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Ayuthaya, Thailand's Ancient City

Until the later part of the 18th century, Ayuthaya was at the center of Thailand. Today, the old capital is a destination for thai and foreign tourists alike. The now quiet city’s aged temples are a...

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Ko Chang: Thailand's 2nd Biggest Island

Trat is a small, quiet town near the Thai border with Cambodia. While the town itself is non-descript, it offers a few sights for visitors, who mostly use Trat as a base for exploring the beautiful and...

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Hua Hin Beach, Near Bangkok

Hua Hin was once a quiet Thai fishing village about a hundred and fifty miles from Bangkok. A king decided to build his vacation house there, inspiring other well-to-do members of Bangkok’s society to...

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Nakhon Pathom: Finding Thailand's Past

While Bangkok holds innumerable urban wonders, even the hardiest shopper and sight-seeing maven would need to take time out to keep from getting overloaded by all the city has to offer. Day trips to places...

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Southeast Asia's Best Kept Secrets

BattambangMainland Southeast Asia was once a place of great conflict. For a long time, venturing beyond Thailand was, at best, inadvisable. Those days are in the past, now, and much of Southeast...

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Erawan Waterfall76

Kanchanaburi: Central Thailand

Kanchanaburi is a quiet town known mostly for an infamous piece of engineering. The Bridge over the River Kwai, built by allied POWs during World War II (and popularized by the movies), is located in...

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Bangkok's Historic Neighborhood

Rattanakosin is an area of Bangkok known for its history and royal palaces. On the edge of the Chao Phraya River, Rattanakosin is actually a man-made island, surrounded on its other sides by some of...

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