Ancient Temple in Chiang Mai

Northern Thailand: Sukothai & Chiang Mai

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February 14th 2013
I am writing from Chiang Mai, in the north of Thailand and I feel like a real traveller now. Everything had started to feel a bit like a city break in Bangkok, but I have now washed my pants in a sink and sat for hours on various buses, it actually feels like I'm on the road and I'm going to be here a while. I've been getting used to Thailand a bit too, I don't tend to do a double ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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