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Chiang Mai |
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Chiang Mai is the largest and most culturally significant city in Northern Thailand, and the capital of Chiang Mai Province. It is about 700 km north of Bangkok, among some of the highest mountains in the country. The city stands on the Ping river, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya river.
In recent years Chiang Mai has become an increasingly modern city, although it lacks the cosmopolitan gloss of Bangkok. It has many attractions for the thousands of foreign visitors who come to the city each year. Chiang Mai's historic strength derived from its important strategic location on an ancient trade route, and long before the modern influx of foreign visitors the city served as an important centre for handcrafted goods, umbrellas, jewellery (particularly silver) and woodcarving.
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Lisu Lodge Adventure |
Lisu Lodge is a relaxed eco-tourism base for our soft adventure tours and mountain treks in the very beautiful jungles, hills and valleys of northern Thailand.
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Akha village |
The Akha people began arriving in Thailand in the early twentieth century and continue to immigrate, with some 80,000 now living in Thailand's northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai at high altitudes.
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