Jeff makes a friend

Chiang Mai tour

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July 7th 2007
Friday July 6 We left the hotel at 8:30AM - we had arranged for a car and driver. The weather was not too good: cloudy and humid with sporadic showers. Sunny and clear sounds nice, but the heat is brutal when the sun is out - Nancy and I have started to prefer cloudy, as it is more comfortable. First stop was an orchid and butterfly farm. Yes, they do raise butterflies - I assume for collec ... 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