Feelin' Fly in Chiang Mai Photo 12

Feelin' Fly in Chiang Mai

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February 6th 2010
I arrived two days ago in the "Rose of the North." Quite good timing too if I may say so myself. This weekend Chiang Mai celebrates the Flower Festival- supposedly just about the biggest celebration of the year. I arrived in the picturesque old city. There are remnants of the wall which used to protect the local kingdom from ravaging barbarians, and a moat that just won't quit. The first place I ... 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