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Exploring Chiang Mai

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July 8th 2007
Saturday July 7 Today we set out to explore the town of Chiang Mai with the help of the “Nancy Chandler’s Map” (again, thank you Leslie). Transportation in this area is interesting: there are a few metered taxis, a lot of what the locals consider a mini-bus (songthaew) which is a pick-up truck with a covered bed and two bench seats, and a huge number of tuk-tuks. We took a songthaew that ... 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