Where We Stayed on Day 2

Chiang Mai - Trekking, Hill tribes and bed bugs

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August 26th 2008
So after the night train to Chiang Mai it was time to find accommodation. The creatively named 'Nice Place 2' would be home for 2 nights and was equipped with a swimming pool, hot showers (a lie) and bed bugs (not in the brochure). Chiang Mai is very much smaller and chilled than Bankgkok, and the temples are a lot easier to find too. However, to prove that getting lost wasn't a on ... 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