White elephants at Wat Chedi Luang

Apparently white elephants were really important to the Thai Kings and were often given as presents. However, it took along time to check whether they were really white and it was a lot of trouble, which is where our white elephant stalls come from - gifts that you dont really want.

Chiang Mai's Bizarre Bazaar

November 22nd 2006
Kate We went from Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai by train, 10 hours through some pretty spectacular scenery, it was no Trans-Pennine Express I'm telling you. We travelled 2nd class which meant a soft reclining seat, air con and food. It was abit like being on an aeroplane, people fed us every 3 hours or so! We also got in flight entertainment from a little baby sat in front of us who seemed to th ... 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

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