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Chiang Mai

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November 29th 2009
Hi all, We've spent some time in Chang Mai which is Thailand's second city, about 500km north of Bangkok, so I'll give a brief account of some of the more interesting things we've done. The place itself is much smaller and less metropolitan than Bangkok but also more manageable as a result. The old city in which we were staying is about one km square and surrounded by a large moat, with land br ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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