First up, apologies for the "bloglag". Due to internet availability, you sometimes get entries every day, and sometimes nothing for a while, then a load at once !! Also, I have now calculated my current mileage for the trip so far... By air travel, approximately 21,435 miles, or 34,496 kilometres. By ground travel, approximately 1,820 miles, or 2,929 kilometres. Total: 23,255 miles, or 37,425 kilometres. Cool !! Anyway, the King of Thailand was celebrating his 60th year on the throne on my return to Bangkok from the islands. Virtually everyone in Bangkok was wearing a yellow t-shirt with slogans like "long live the king" and "I ♥ the king"! The streets near the palace were absolutely rammed with thousands of people, so I got right into the scrum to check it out and take some pictures
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