Hot Springs, ChiangRai

Chiang Rai

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July 26th 2009
Yesterday we left ChiangMai at 7:30 AM to go to ChiangRai about 180 km North East. There is beautiful scenery (mostly mountains) along the way. Actually, there is some similarities between Thai and Vietnamese language such as Doi and DDo^i meaning hill, Ban and Ba?n meaning village. First we stopped at Hot Springs followed by white Rongkhun Temple in ChiangRai. After that we headed North to Ma ... 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