Ruins 10

Wieng Kum Kam

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March 9th 2006
There’s little I can write about this ancient city because I simply don’t know much. I was eating dinner with my Swedish friend Emma at the Laughing Leprechaun, an Irish Restaurant in Chiang Mai and with the menu, the Thai waitress brought us a local magazine. I was immediately drawn to the picture on the front cover of the magazine that held an article about Wieng Kum Kam, the ancient city th ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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