Advertisement
« previous next »
Chiang Mai  
   

Chiang Mai

This is where you find the hospitality: maybe too much of it?

January 17th 2007
Just a 12 hour comfortable bus ride from Bangkok, Chiang Mai may as well be a different country. The differences are that large. The people are nice, the touts are nonexistent (2 offers for a taxi during my entire stay), and the climate is even cooler. Gotta love the place. Orientation is even possible, due to the walls of the old city and the presence of street signs. The first experience I ha ... read more
Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

Thai Flag 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
Advertisement
Tot: 0.017s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 6; dbt: 0.0062s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb