Chiang Mai Gate

This is a gate that was once used for entrance into Chiang Mai. The city had once been a walled city some 600 years ago. The history of the area is one of tribal assimilations and warfare. Chiang Mai is one of the order cities in Thailand. It was a city of about 1.5 million people and the wall that surrounded the old town is mostly gone, but they have preserved some of it for the tourists.