Sculpture depicting hell Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai

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June 30th 2013
TodayToday we left Chiang Mai and headed off in a mini bus for Chiang Rai. The journey took around four hours, but we stopped on the way at a farm shop to sample and buy dried fruits. There was a great selection strawberries, pineapple,coconut,mango and various sorts of nuts with different coatings. When we stopped at Chiang Rai we visited a modern day temple which had been designed by a Thai scul ... 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