Wat Tham Phra

Chang Rai

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January 22nd 2009
Polly: After our minivan ride from Pai to Chiang Mai, we jumped on the next bus to Chiang Rai. It was very cheap, but with five seats per row, was also very intimate, especially after four hours. In the spa in Pai, Ross had cunningly acquired a copy of the 2007 edition of the Lonely Planet for Northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, & Vietnam. So, on arrival we had a look in our new book for s ... 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