Wat Rong Khun

Day 1

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July 14th 2009
Day one in Thailand was spent wandering the streets of Chiang Rai in the rain (literally has been raining buckets since our arrival) for hours. We had drifted aimlessly, finding we had been walking in complete circles until we resorted to cabbing home. Unfortunately, this language barrier is causing major confusion. After lunch at the Hostel we took a cab out of the city to go to the Rong Khun Tem ... 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