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what? wat!

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March 16th 2009
Today we roamed around looking at temples in Chiang Mai - 'wat' is the Thai word for 'temple' and there are hundreds within the city; almost as many as Bangkok, which has 10 times the number of inhabitants. So there are a lot of wats in this city. Chiang Mai is an unusual city in that remnants of a masonry fortress wall and moat still exist, to protect the ancient city from its Burmese enemies ... 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