An Inside Perspective of a Bangkok Tuk Tuk

Thailand - The Current and Former Capitals, and the Traditional Market Life

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May 3rd 2007
Bangkok On our way to Penang airport we stopped off at 'Snake Temple', which we thought was going to be a worthy diversion. Unfortunately, the temple was under renovation, and the Pit Vipers had been moved to a room that had more of a 'classroom' feel to it than anything sacred, and there was no altar or anything that looked even slightly impressive. We even thought the snakes were p ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more