Colin with Hilltribe woman

Chiang Mai

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November 29th 2010
We got a flight from Phuket up to Chiang Mai and from the minute we got off the plane it felt like a different type of Thailand. Much more chilled out and perhaps even more organised in regards to transport from the airport. Walking around Chiang Mai felt much safer than in Bangkok or even Phuket and the people there were some of the friendliest we had met in Thailand. We stayed at the New Mit ... 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