Riding the Elephant

Elephant Riding in Chiang Rai

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March 9th 2006
Our last stop in Thailand before heading to Laos was Chiang Rai. It was a strange kind of town and not nearly as busy as we had been expecting. I'm sure compared to Chaing Mai, the other popular destination in the north, it's a ghost town. We found a great little guesthouse just off the main drag which I'd certainly recommend if I could remember the name! We really wanted to get out of ... 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