View from the Mountain

It wasn't the clearest day, but there was still a pretty cool view of the city. Chiang Mai has a limit on how tall the buildings are allowed to be, in order to preserve the skyline. In the past 10 years, however, a few big chain hotels have shot up into the sky and gotten away with it. But for the most part, the buildings are all quite short.

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Doi Suthep: The Temple on the Mountain

September 15th 2004
I'm deleting the text from my old travel blogs here, but leaving the pictures for posterity. Or something. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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

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