Hill tribe village

Chiang Rai

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January 6th 2011
We drove from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai. We checked into our hotel before heading to unique hill tribe villages. These were fascinating as I had never seen anything like it my entire life. Most of the people live off little money in these areas. The women mainly make scarves. It takes over 6 hours to weave a single scarf. The other interesting thing was the puppies. There were so many adorable ones ... 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