Songkran Water Festival 1

Thailand - Chiang Mai

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May 3rd 2007
We arrived in Chiang Mai on Tuesday 10th April after a one hour flight from Laos. There is a water festival from 13th to 16th April but as we took the taxi from the airport, we saw people lining the streets soaking any passer-by. After checking-in, we walked around for a bit and had numerous soakings from buckets and super soakers. After a couple of beers and a few games of pool, we freshened up ... read more

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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