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Located some 40 km
beyond Mae Chan, a mountaintop settlement known
as Santi Khiri is home to descendants of Chinese
Nationalist soldiers who fled to, and settled in
Thailand, in 1940 and built a society much like
the one they left behind in Yunnan whereby
Chinese is widely spoken here.
Mountainside
plantations of coffee and fruit orchards provide scenic variety. The area is particularly
picturesque in December and January when when
Thai cherry trees are in blossom. Accommodation,
restaurants and opportunities for horse-riding
and elephant trekking number among major
attractions with the morning market near the
Shin Sane Guest House always packed with
visitors from surrounding districts.
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