Hmong children

These kids sit at the Wat all day, waiting for tourists to give them 5 or 10 baht (about 20 US cents) to have your photo taken with them. It's one way to make a living, I guess.

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Chiang Mai

June 28th 2005
After leaving Bangkok, we flew to Chiang Mai, in the northern part of Thailand. We met our new tourguide and driver, Udon and Sumai. After stopping at our hotel, Tamarind Village (a very cool place), we headed up to Wat Doi Suthep - a Buddhist temple perched on a mountaintop. The temple overlooks the entire Lanna valley, where about 1.8 million people live. Even though a lot of people live in ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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

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