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Chiang Mai,
Thailand.

A northern city of temple lanes, craft traditions and nearby mountain landscapes.

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Chiang Mai, Thailand — Chiang Mai, Thailand: Buddhist Manuscript Library and Museum — Chiang Mai, Thailand · Chiang-Mai Thailand Buddhist-Manuscript-Library-and-Museum-01 (resized) · CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Bangkok, Thailand — A spectacular sunset in Bangkok, showing the skytrain and modern skyline down Thanon Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, taken from the corner of Thanon Silom, with the Empire Tower and the Chong Nonsi BTS Station at the left side. — **Also in Thailand · Bangkok, Thailand** Bangkok skytrain sunset (resized) · User:Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0

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