Buddha

Beautiful Ancient City

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May 7th 2013
Geo: 18.7904, 98.9847My first impression of Chiang Mai is good, it seems a beautiful place even though I'm tired when I arrive, I'm looking forward to exploring. It's got temples galore, they're everywhere, at least 300 of them - amazing. The roads are full of red pickups which are like buses as far as I can tell, plus pimped out tuk tuks and cyclos with their flashing ne ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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