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Chiang Mai

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November 3rd 2009
We decided to fly from Laos to Chaing Mai which was an expensive but wise discussion as the advertised 20 hours buss journey actually took some friends over 25 hours with long stops at boarder control and a change from the advitised VIP bus to the much hated mini bus (we're glad we didn't get into that one!). We arrived in the middle of a festival the Loi krathang Festival which celebrates th ... 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