Making a water offering

Arriving in Chiang Mai

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June 3rd 2012
After a long flight and transfer from Bangkok, we arrived at Chiang Mai slightly later than planned after sitting on the runway at Bangkok waiting for a slot. We were met at the airport for our transfer, and taken to our hotel which was about 10minutes away. Our only bugbear was that the transfer lady didn't offer us any information or a map or point out any useful places to us. Our room was n ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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