Start of the trek.

Back to Thailand - Chiang Mai

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March 24th 2008
We flew from KL to Chiang Mai - back to the 'Land of the Smiles'! Chiang Mai is in Northern Thailand and is a lovely city surrounded by a city wall and moat. We spent our first 2 days here relaxing as the previous few weeks had been manic! We then went on a 3 day trek in Doi Inthanon National Park. We booked with a tour that has sole rights to this trekking area so we would have an authentic expe ... 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