Another Wat

My Weekend in Chiang Mai

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February 18th 2008
I am completely neglecting all the lesson planning I should be doing to write this, so I'm going to do my best to keep this fairly brief but still include all the details. I think that's probably an oxy moron. Anyway, I spent this past weekend in Chiang Mai. I had no idea what was there, but I had heard that it was a place I needed to see, so I went and saw it. I ended up picking a pretty nice ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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