trekking through the ricefields

Northern Thailand Discovered

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November 13th 2007
After a 12 hour night sleeper train journey we ( our group of 11 intrepid travellres) arrived in Chiang Mai, transfered to our hotel, and then had the whole day at our disposal to discover Chiang Mai, the city of over 100 Wats! So after a couple of hours of extensive wat-seeing during the day, our group headed to dinner at the Night Bazaar, enjoyed some more of the delicious Thai ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern 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