Elephant Trekking

Jungle Trek

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June 9th 2005
Chiang Mai is a quieter city than Bangkok and a welcome respite from the chaos we left behind us. Its surrounded by Moats and a wall that was built to defend against Burmese invaders 700 years ago. This part of Thailand is much greener and has many mountains as a backdrop which are covered in an eery mist early in the morning. Thursday morning we got a mini bus from the hotel to our first stop, ... 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