Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai (up North)

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January 9th 2012
9th Jan ’12 Chiang mai So after a pre ordered breakfast which was definitely not worth the money (6 tiny biscuits, a cup of orange squash, 1 slice of pineapple and a bit of black tea) we pulled into Chiang Mai. The train was met by hundreds of taxi drivers, tuk tuk drivers, people with signs etc and we soon found a tuk tuk to take us to our guesthouse – Yindee in the old city. C ... 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