My bungalow

High in the sky at Chiang Rai

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March 30th 2007
OK, so things are going to be a bit out of chronological order here as I actually spent a few days in Chiang Mai before I made my way up to Chiang Rai, but Chiang Mai will have its own blog entry very soon. Chiang Rai is the last city in the north really, after that most enclaves of civilization could be towns at best, hamlets at worst. I left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai (hereafter to be called ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Rai

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more