Mong Villagers

Chiang Mai

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November 9th 2006
Well Chiang Mai was a huge city from what we were used to in Laos but it was still amazing. The city is an ancient city that is bulit with a wall and moat around it. It was an experience in itself being there for the festival. The number of hot air balloons with candles in them increased every ngiht we were there. In canada these never would be legal. They would sometime just fall from the sky dro ... 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