Wat Chiang Man

More Pai please!

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November 25th 2007
From Bangkok, I took an overnight sleeper train to Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is among some of the highest mountains in the country and stands on the Ping river, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya river. Travellers usually make their way up here for the variety of outdoor activites the city has to offer. You can rock c ... 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