Mae Salong
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Mae Salong, officially known as Santikhiri, is a village in the Thai highlands on Doi Mae Salong mountain of the Daen Lao Range, in Mae Fa Luang District, Chiang Rai Province, the northernmost provinc
The hilltop village of Santikhiri on the mountain of Doi Mae Salong, January 2019
The Phra Boromathat Chedi
Tea plantations surround the village.
Tea shops like this are commonly found in Mae Salong
The communist insurgency in Thailand was a guerrilla war lasting from 1965 until 1983, fought mainly between the Communist Party of Thailand and the government of Thailand. The war began to wind down
A zinc bowl engraved with Thai message reading "Obliterate all the communists – out of the soil of Thailand" – a propaganda tool against communist insurgency in Thailand, discovered in Wanon Niwat district, Sakon Nakhon province
Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout of communists in Thailand