Thailand has become, since many years, a popular tourist destination. A travel to the "Land of the Free" (this is the meaning of the name) can therefore be seen just like another mass-tourism product, with the sightseeings smoothly prepared and a vision somewhat pampered of a country that, albeit in a full economic growth, is still a land of contrasts between wealth and poverty. I travelled many times in Thailand, but on this occasion I had to rely on an organized tour, since I was travelling with my old parents (both 73 ... (more)