Good-Bye Malee

Chiang Dao to Chiang Mai

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January 14th 2011
After saying goodbye to our new friend Malee it was time for our journey back to Chiang Mai. We had to deflect a mammoth effort from our songthaew driver, Ton, trying to convince us to let him take us all the way there so that he could show us the Orchid Farm, the Monkey School, the Tiger Kingdom and the Elephant Dung Paper Factory on the way! We decided to take the local bus instead for about 1/2 ... 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