Orchid cluster

A trip to the North

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December 28th 2006
From Bangkok we took a bus north to the main northern city of Thailand Chiang Mai. As always, the bus stopped a ways before the actual city and we had to trade the bus for a taxi. Fortunately, the taxi we got on was free. It took us to a place we didn't want to stay so we hired another taxi to take us to where Jill made us some reservations during her meticulous planning. The place we ended up ... 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