Heads hanging from trees

Chiang Rai

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August 30th 2012
After the easiest and quickest border crossing yet getting back into Thailand, we took a two hour bus from Chiang Chong to Chiang Rai (the bus cost 65bht each and they leave every 30mins). When we arrived in Chiang Rai we took a tuk-tuk from the station because we had pre-booked a room at the Baan Rub Aroon Guesthouse towards the quieter end of town. We were both more than pleased with our choice, ... 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