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Trip to Chiang Mai

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January 24th 2006
We had a fantastic visit with Eric, Stacey and Gigi. The first day after their arrival, I took them on the Chao Praya River (the main river in Bangkok) and we took some small klongs (canals) to see beautiful Thai houses and to stop at Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn, discussed in an earlier blog entry). We then went to Chiang Mai, a beautiful city in Northern Thailand, which is surrounded by mo ... 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