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Chiang Mai fortress wall ruins

Elephants, bamboo rafts and muay thai.....it must be Chiang Mai

April 4th 2007
I write this as I prepare to leave Chiang Mai to head back south to central Thailand, Ayutthaya. Chiang Mai has been a pleasure, and this is acutally my second time in the city as I stayed here for a few days before I headed up to Chiang Rai. But lets start at the beginning... I left Bangkok by train for Phitsanulok (roughly halfway between Bangkok and Chiang Mai, and not far from purgatory) a ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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