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Elephants and Chiang Mai

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April 9th 2012
It is most amazing how fast the weather changes minute to minute here in the tropical mountains! One minute you are planning to go to the night market, the next, a freak tropical storm sweeps in and you are watching the streets become a river! Plan B: to the spa! (rough life!) Yesterday, set out with our driver, Ari, to the elephant camps north of town. ari's son is a mixed martial arts ... 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