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Chiang Mai

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October 12th 2012
After returning from the trek there was time to make a tuk tuk excursion to a temple situated on a hill some way outside Chiang Mai. This is the "must see" temple in the city. The legend associated with the temple is that a white elephant carried a Buddha relic to the top of the hill and then died. This was treated as a sign and a temple was built on the spot. In this temple around the back were s ... 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