View of Chiang Mai from Doi Suthep

Oh My Buddha

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June 17th 2010
What to say about Chiang Mai....you can do anything and everything here! Including getting your daily/weekly/yearly dose of adrenaline. Our first full day in town (June 16th) we took a taxi up a mountain West of town to see a big, famous wat (temple). Not so spectacular. The drive up was really beautiful and so was the view of Chiang Mai. However, there was repairs/construction at the temple so ... 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