Chiang Mai - Doi Suthep Temple

Oh My Buddha! Ladyboys and dancing elephants in the land of Siam

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May 11th 2009
Chiang Mai I crossed the border into Thailand and the city of Chiang Rai where I stayed for a couple of days before moving on to Chiang Mai. I had just arrived when I got an e-mail from Shane (whom I had met in China and again in Cambodia) saying that he was in Chiang Mai but was leaving that night so I went straight to the area he was staying and went to a nice Restaurant with his pals for the ... 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