Second Villiage

Chiang Mai Jungle Trekking - Day 1

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June 8th 2005
Hi All - After chilling out for 4 days doing nothing except getting baked on Lamai Beach in Koh Samui we headed up to Chiang Mai for our 3 day jungle trekk. Getting there was pretty hectic and involved an overnight bus trip back to Bangkok which arrived at 5:30AM, then hanging around Bangkok until 7:40PM for our overnight train ride up to Chiang Mai. That was all good actually because I got to see ... 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