Chiang Mai

Back in Chiang Mai ….. and home via Bangkok

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February 22nd 2024
It's four years since I last left Chiang Mai and made my way back to Herefordshire as the Covid pandemic trailed behind me from Asia to Europe. But the airport in Chiang Mai still looks the same and it didn't take long to get to the taxi rank and to be on my way across town to Baan Songjum. I was greeted by Nui and Kung who were wondering what had happened to me, and I was starving because there w ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand

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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