Wat Chiang Man

Bangkok to Chiang Mai

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July 9th 2007
So, after being fed snake or what ever the heck it was, we decided to have a chilled out day and hit the National Museum in Bangkok. We now know the complete history of Thailand, always useful! The next day we finally escaped the Bangkok Smog and headed north to Chiang Mai - 14 hours overnight on a sleeper train! Arrived feeling pretty groggy at 9.30am yesterday and have managed to pack in tonne ... 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