Chang Tower

Thailand part one

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September 25th 2007
21 hours after leaving penang we arrived in Bangkok, with instructions from Rosie's friend Becky to find a hostel in a certain area of town. Becky was meeting us that evening with a guidebook to help us get around, so for the first morning we were lonely planetless and a little lost. After speaking to someone on the train we decided to get a taxi with him to the hostel he'd been recommended. When ... 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