Chiang Dao Village

City to Wilderness

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April 30th 2010
From the north of Chiang Mae we took the Thathon bus to Chiang Dao which is about 80km and 1.5 hours on a very crowded local bus with no AC just fans that do'nt work. No westerners on board just us and seats for 3, only 2 on our one! 39C on the bus, phew, in the full sun once we arrived at the village of Chiang Dao it was 42C, nearly unbearable until a red taxi arrived to take us to The Nest which ... 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