Village Scenery

The Chiang Mai Trek

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July 2nd 2008
We've just come back from an adventurous 3 day trek up in the mountains near Chiang Mai. Day One: Our group arrived at an elephant camp and we had a long ride on an elephant named Dumbo (even though she was female!) She took us high into the mountainous areas overlooking rice-fields and beautiful scenery. The ride was bumpy and she kept stopping to eat everything and anything available! After ... 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