Roses Being Cultivated on the Hillside

Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and back to Bangkok

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December 9th 2013
The city of Chiang Mai is surrounded by the remnants of a old wall and moat. It's around 700K from Bangkok, and while this might conjure up images of stepping into a bygone era, it is far from this. Thailand is very much a 21st century country, there appears to be a burgeoning middle class, the roads are in good shape and the rickety buildings of forty years are few and far between. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern Thailand » Chiang Saen

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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