View from our hostel

Chiang Mai - Elephants and more

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February 15th 2008
Its hard to tell as we have had so many highlights so far, and so many more to come - but Chiang Mai has to be up there with the best of the experiences so far. We took an overnight train to Chiang Mai from Bangkok and immediately settled into our guesthouse as soon as we arrived. It had a great feel about it - right next door to a thai beauty therapist and along the river where all the best re ... 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