Doi Suthep

Loving Luang Prabang

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November 23rd 2008
Left Chiang Mai today... the day before y'day we travelled up to a big temple in the hills of Chiang Mai called Wat Phra That Doi Suthep - one of the north's most sacred temples. A loooong flight of steps through the jungle leads up to the temple, and on the way there are lots of little stalls and handicrafts and even an elephant in a little enclosure that you could feed fruit to (skipped that one ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more