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Chiang Mai is
Chiang Mai was the capital of
We have (the Kings personal army) 5000 battle trained elephants with full body armour, you have cannon. Your cannon will take out some of my elephants but the other 4000 will trample you to death, we also have a massive army of foot solders that will mop up any survivors.
To the British consul he said as a peace offering I will
give you all the land on the other side of the mountains bordering
To the French he said something along the same lines but
offering them all the land on the other side of the
Both Governments looked at the logistics of the situation and accepted the proposition.
During the cold war
During the Vietnam War the Americans had many bases here, Airport bases at Uban Thani etc.
Then came Air America (but that’s a whole story on its own) with arms for drug deals, CIA backing of the Hill tribe Drug Lord Armies, as in the CIA’s mind they were the bastion against Russian and Chinese communist forces.
Many of the treaties put in place in the cold war with the
Shan people etc of
Once ratified by the incoming Prime Minister (after the long trek to the north in their fleet of Mercedes, Army, Police and security forces). They are then signed into law by the King.
That all said explains why the Thai’s are such a happy care free people, they have never had there spirit broken and don’t have the undercurrent of hate that you see in a lot of the old French and British colonies.
Chiang Mai is 11 or so hours by train from
If you take the train from
From Chiang Mai you can book and plan small excursions into
the unknown ha (
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