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Chiang Mai Zoo!!!

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June 29th 2007
Hi all, On wednesday we had planned to have another lazy day around the pool but it started to rain (again!!!) so we decided to do more sightseeing. We visited Wat Phra Singh and Wat Chiang Man. Wat Phra Singh was an array of very impressive buildings. A 14th century chedi containing the remains of king Kam Fu. Inside the main Wat was a huge buddha image surround by much smaller buddhas. The wal ... read more

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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