Monks

Chiang Mai

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March 19th 2009
For the last few days we have been in Chiang Mai, a bustling yet manageable city that has just about everything a tourist is looking for. On our first day we knocked out just about all the major sightseeing points of interest by visiting the areas’ famous temples, the ruins of Old City, and some of the shops where the best local handicrafts are made like jade jewelry and teak wood carving. Tha ... 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