little monk at Wat Phra Singh

Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai

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January 15th 2011
05/01/2011, 10/01/2011 – 11/01/2011 First day in Chiang Mai I came all the way from Koh Phangan. I kindly liked Chiang Mai with its old city area inside the four walls, the loads of nice restaurants and small bars. And ofcourse some temples, although I already had seen quite the number of temples during my journey I still paid a visit to the three main ones during a walk around. In the evening ... 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