Wat Chedi Luang

Oh Mai, How Can One Not Love Chiang Mai?

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January 13th 2010
We arrived in Chiang Mai by bus, on time, at 11pm. Completely exhausted after a long day at Sukothai and then traveling, we hired a songtaew driver immediately to take us to a guesthouse. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, songtaews are the common Chiang Mai transportation and are basically small, red, open-air buses with two benches that face each other, fitting a maximum of maybe 10-12 pe ... 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