Our Intrepid Group

Hilltribe Trekking in Chiang Mai

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February 2nd 2007
The night of the 26th we left Bangkok to head North to Chiang Mai on an overnight train. I was extremely nervous (Josh wasn’t nervous at all!) at the thought of spending 15hrs on a train in Thailand. It was a pleasant surprise as the train was much better than I expected. It was very clean and the beds were reasonably comfortable. We spent a night in Chiang Mai before heading out early for our ... 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