BLING!

Hot in the North

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March 29th 2007
Well with no ocean to jump in to cool off we arived in Chaing Mai with a boaring 4 hour lay over in Bangkok. The air here is hot and smokey as they burn off all the rice husks this time of year so its grey and overcast almost all the time. IT was around 42C today...The only place to relieve yourself from the heat is Aircon Internet cafe, Resturaunts or the old scummy moat that runs around the old ... 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