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We started in Bangkok, the City of Angels. The Royal Palace with the Temple of the Emerald Buddha are the spiritual centre
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On the walls of the Palace the Ramayana Epic is painted |
All gold and
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Wat Pho with the big reclining
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The Davis, our hotel, very posh. |
Fried fresh fish, cheap and very tasty |
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From Bangkok we flew to Siem Reap in Cambodia to visit Angkor, the
ancient capital of the Khmer Empire. Angkor Wat, the central temple of this this city must be one of the wonders of
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Bridge to |
Faces on Bayon
Temple |
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Back in North Thailand, we made a tour of some hill tribe villages and
the Golden Triangle, the border
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Riding an Elephant near Chiang Mai |
Night Market in Chiang Mai |
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In front of the Island used in the James Bond movie, The Man with the
Golden Gun. Now heavily exploited to catch tourists |
Hot Spring Beach, a gorgeous hotel near Phang Nga |
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