Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

Define "Essentials"

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October 30th 2007
For just a second, I want to pretend that I “need” to shop in the markets. So many travelers have written about the market culture of south east Asia and elsewhere in the world, but if you haven’t experienced it you can’t quite digest the sense-assaulting experience it really is. Imagine… Stepping of the curb, the ooze from the gutter, a mix of slime and solid matter, sucks up around ... 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