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Eat, Drink, Northern Thailand
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 29 February 2012
I've just returned from northern Thailand and have seen many interesting things. But as we all know, a visit to Thailand revolves around the food.Thai cuisine has a massive repertoire of dishes; no matter how often you visit, you're always encountering more.Here are a few of the foodie highlights of my visit to the north...1. Northern spice. This dish at the Doi Tung royal project came with a selection of northern dips as appetisers. Not quite as we expect Western dips to be, however - two of these were dry rather than wet:
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What Wat? Chiang Rai's Funky White Temple
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 25 February 2012
Every traveller to Thailand has spent time in a temple complex (or wat); they're an essential element of this Buddhist country. But there's no temple quite like the one I visited today, Wat Rong Kun in northern Chiang Rai.A modern temple still in the process of creation, its mastermind is the artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, who has ingeniously pieced together a structure which is a meld of ancient tradition and quirky modern references.
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Chiang Khong, Thailand – Border Town with Benefits
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 4 April 2011
I’ve passed through my fair share of border towns over the years. Many are shabby, filthy encampments that exist on either side of a barren no man’s land where immigration officials with steely gazes extract their pound of flesh. Some, like Poipet at the border between Cambodia and Thailand, feel downright dangerous. As I gradually [...]
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Link Between Ancient Egypt and Thailand
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 27 April 2010
Always on the cutting edge of cultural discovery, Thomas and I have happened upon cryptic indications of a mysterious link between ancient Egypt and Thailand. While riding a local bus in Chiang Rai, a small rip in the vinyl seat lining revealed that the brushed metal seat frame was covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics. Innocently adding [...]
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The White Temple
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 22 April 2010
Those of you who have been following our blog in Laos, might remember from my post on Xieng Khuan that I have a particular passion for monuments designed by oddball geniuses. So when we crossed the border from western Laos into northern Thailand near the town of Chiang Rai, we made a beeline for the [...]
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