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Chiang Mai

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December 18th 2007
OK im not actually writing this in Chiang Mai, but its about Chiang Mai which we visited the weekend before last! Sorry it's taken so long for me to update you all, for some reason I thought it had been less time than it had! Hmm well the Friday before last we stayed in Nan overnight, and then caught the bus to Chiang Mai which took 6 hours! Most of the journey was ok, apart from the first bit ... 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