Chiang Mai

You can't enter without a Thai!

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June 12th 2022
I was eastward-bound, so to speak, but in the case of this stay in the kindgdom of Thailand, I was hopping from one SE Asian nation to the next, almost like a ball in a squash court, confined to one area, but darting from one place to the next all the same. The first port of call in Thailand was the northern (former) hillside town of Chiang Rai, and discovering what it was that makes this city wha ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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