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Chiang Mai Day 2: Loi Krathong

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November 21st 2010
Ahhh, Loi Krathong... It is officially the start of it last night (Saturday), but many people were celebrating on Friday as well. It is hard to describe everything that goes on, since it is so busy, so I will just talk about what we did! After our massages, we headed down to Thae Pae Gate around 7 pm, which is on the Eastern wall of the Old City moat. There is a giant stage, paper lanterns, foo ... 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