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April 17, 2007
Thailand
This is now the second time we've been in Thailand. It was weird coming back here after being places like Laos and Cambodia. Thailand is so much more developed. Chaing Mai even has a Tesco's, how weird is that?
The currency in Thailand is the Baht and there are about 70 Baht to the pound. Thailand, unlike all of the other countries we've been to, only deal with Baht, not US dollars.
Everywhere you go in Thailand there are big posters of the King and Queen and most people here seem to be very patriotic. Lots of people wear yellow t shirts in support of the king and a man was just put in prison for defacing a poster of the king while he was drunk. He was later pardonned by the King so didn't serve his sentence.
The King has recently taken over a lot of the roles of the government (on the demand of the people) but I'm not sure of the details.
Posted by admins at April 17, 2007 8:34 AM