At Expat meeting the new US Consulate General he spoke of how the building was the home of the last Lanna Prince, I suppose he was referring to the private offices, functions areas and/or his residence, that the US government rents from the Thai Government (Royal Household). This obviously is not the part where US citizens do their paperwork etc. I would be interested in seeing pics if anyone has any.

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chao_Keo_Naovarat) in wikipedia it speaks of Chao Keo Naovarat building the house in 1934

Related: his granddaughter Princess Phongkaeo died on the Lauda Air Flight 004 crash of 1991.

I don't have any pics but I certainly remember the consulate back when the main building was a classic woodframed house and the yard was vast. There used to be an annual 4th of July picnic where all US citizens were invited. It was a rather hilarious mix of free lance teachers, missionaries who came out of the hills, and lots of Budweiser beer and hot dogs and hamburgers flown in for the occassion all being served to US citizens and visiting Chiang Mai dignitaries by some of the better known free lancers working the establishments where the single employees of the consulate tended to seek drink and conversation in the evenings. I only wish I had a picture of the girls from the old Karen Hut serving the Provincial governor.

Crikey. You could cause a security alert with a question like that.

Crikey. You could cause a security alert with a question like that.

I think they went into the bunkers already... it seemed pretty quiet when I drove by this morning.

I was thinking of suggesting that someone with one of those video camera mounted on a remote control helicopters do a fly over for me but only if they were getting ready to buy a new one anyways

I was thinking of suggesting that someone with one of those video camera mounted on a remote control helicopters do a fly over for me but only if they were getting ready to buy a new one anyways

The term 'friendly fire' comes to mind.

as friendly as shooting to kill can be

The NSA has a lock down on photos..

May become Chinese Embassy, after QE sends US bankrupt > http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=18.794117&lon=98.998546&z=19&m=b 555

That's cool, any inside shots as I'm interested in the architecture

Since you speak with the Consulate General, why don't you ask them for a tour or photos of the interior of the residence. It is nice, sorry no photos.

Wouldn't say I know him to well enough to just invite myself over, only had a second with him at the Expat Club's meet and greet. But when I hear back I will ask if it's possible to see the grounds.

Crikey. You could cause a security alert with a question like that.

Not as long as noone is silly enough to add words like 'directional blast' or 'shaped charge' and so on, and stay on the topic of history and architecture.