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Chiang Mai - Part 2

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November 30th 2008
As Dave mentioned at the end of the previous blog, we did a full day cooking course on one of our last days in Chiang Mai. This may seem an odd choice, given neither of us do a whole lot of cooking at home (something I’m sure Dave’s Mum will attest to!) but the dishes sounded really tasty and you get to eat them once you’ve made them. No doubt we were hungry when we opted to do the 7-hour co ... 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