Chiang Mai Waterfall

Elephants in Northern Thailand!

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April 28th 2011
After leaving the beautiful island of Koh Phan-gnan we had a long couple of days of travel ahead of us: taxi, boat, bus to the train station, 12 hour sleeper train (my first train ride ever!) to Bangkok, 2 hour lay over, 12 hour day train to Chiang Mai, the northern hub of Thailand. The ride was beautiful and we passed stunning hilly regions and muddy rivers to arrive in the cultural city of Chian ... 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