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Indonesia

    Indonesia is a fascinating place with beautiful cities.  I have a link here for travel information about  Bandung city.
This city is considered the Paris of Java.  It has many beautiful sites which you can visit by going to the link above.  I have also viewed some of the more beautiful and breathtaking temples of  Bali .
Population
         An estimate from 1993 gives the population to 188 million people. There was 94 persons/km2, but with a great diversion, since the figure for Java, Madura and Bali was 500, and for Irian Jaya only 4! Almost 2/3 of the
population occupy 1/13 of the total land area. The nativity rate was 3,2% in 1991 and the mortality rate was 1,2% the same year. The growth rate therefore adds up to 2%.  Some of the beautiful sites like  sacred monumentspalau , and the  Hidden Lagoon  help bring more and more tourists to Indonesia every year.

Language
    Bahasa Indonesia

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Thailand
    The best time to go Thailand is between November and February.  The weather is cooler at that time.   The days are considered milder and the nights are a bit chillier at this time.  They have beautiful temples, statues and parks in this country that give the tourist more than a month's  worth of tours.  If you want to find out more about Thailand go to this  Fact PlaceIt will give you all the information and you are looking for and more.
Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand during the period 1350-1767.  So if you're looking for a historical place to spot this would be it.  The beauty of  Bangkokcan only be found through a visit there or by viewing pictures of it.

Here are a few of the things about Thailand that you might want to know:
GEOGRAPHY
    Thailand has a land area of 513,115 sq.km. bordered by Malaysia (South),Myanmar (West &
    North), Laos (North & East) and Cambodia (Southeast)

POPULATION
    Total 60,816,227 (end 1997), including 30,295,797 males and 30,520,430 females. Of the Total
    9.2% lived in Bangkok

LANGUAGE
    Thai is the national language. English is widely understood in cities.

RELIGION
    Buddhist 92.55% , Muslim 5.29 % ,Christian 1.34% , other 0.79 %

NATIONAL FLAG
    The red, white and blue symbolize the nation. Buddhism and the monarchy respectively

CURRENCY
    The basic monetary unit in Thailand is the Baht. A baht is divided into 100 satang. The following
    coins and notes are currently in use: Coins: 25 and 50 satang; 1,5 and 10 baht.

LARGEST PROVINCES
   Nakorn Ratchasima        20,493.96 sq.km.
    Chiang Mai                    20,107.06 sq.km.
    Kanchanaburi                19,483.15 sq.km.

There is a lot more that you can learn about  Thailand  or Indonesia, if you surf the internet, but your best bet is to look at educational sights not necessarily webpages.  Some webpages are very helpful, but the same thing cannot be said about all of them.

Wat Thaton, Thaton, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand  (13.9 K)Golden Triangle: Burma - Laos - Thailand, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand.