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Hiking in Thailand

I went hiking in Thailand yesterday. Snake hunting really. It’s a nice mountain climb - about 90 minutes up, 40 down. I saw some footprints ahead of me - fresh. I never did see the hikers though. That was odd. There’s supposed to be one way up... ...full story at Thai Pulse

from Thai Pulse on Wed, Jun 10 2009

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