Golden Buddha

Chiang Mai

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August 20th 2016
The last part of my curtailed journey, the 8.30am bus to Chiang Mai in pouring rain. The countryside is rugged and green, it's not particularly early but nearly everyone on the bus slept the entire way. By the time we got to Chiang Mai the rain was easing, at the station I grabbed a tuktuk to my guesthouse down a narrow winding soi (alleyway) within the walls of the old city. After laying stuff ou ... 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