Chiangmai sits in the mountains and today — in the company of John Rees, a British expat — we were up in the foothills, on Doi Suthep Mountain, at Wat Prathat Doi Suthep, the most famous of the city’s Wats. It dates from 1383 and the story is that its location was chosen after an [...]
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June 30, 2008
Up on the humps, headed downstream, and lost in the old city
Here are some family shots from Chiangmai, where we are staying in a manner we are entirely unaccustomed to, in a splendid condo next to some green grassland belonging to the king and on which cows graze, as guest of my good and far too generous friend Guy Pace. Guy is a member of a [...]
