Thae Pae Gate

This is the Thae Pae Gate into the old city of Chiang Mai. The old city was surrounded by a brick wall. Some remains still exist, but does not exclude the Old City from the rest of modern Chiang Mai. This is one end of the Walking Street, while the opposite end is where Vihara Laai Kham (about 1-2 miles long). A moat also still exists just outside of the Old City Wall.

Pictures from our First Day in CM

June 12th 2008
So here are some pictures that were taken on our first day in Chiang Mai. Yeah, it was a little over a week ago, and I guess I didn't post these pics on previous blogs, so here they are. They are from this hotel that has a really nice garden. Aj. Ji, one of our CMU mentors picked us up from the airport and took us directly here to enjoy our first Thai food. It was a really good buffet and th ... 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

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