at the temple at Wiang Kum Kam

It looked like some kind of ceremony was to take place here soon. White strings coming from Buddha's hands are used for blessings. During the ceremony people wrap them around their heads and later on the strings are cut into small pieces and wrapped around wrists for good luck.

Peace and quiet? History? Nature? Entertainment? Chiang Mai has it all!

July 3rd 2013
I was really curious how our train journey to Chiang Mai would look like and if the train would be anything like the hardsleeper I travelled with in China. Well… I have to give credit to the Chinese I’m afraid as my first impression about the Thai railway wasn’t the best. First of all the train looked pretty old and on top of that our carriage didn’t look like a sleeper at all! After a fir ... 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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