Bangkok in the AM

6 Days in Bangkok

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October 10th 2007
I arrived in Bangkok with the luck of having met two young Thai women on the plane from LA to Hong Kong who took me in under their wings for the first few days. Tawee and Nachi were life savers and made my transition into a new city and new culture all the easier. They work as bartenders on a crusie ship in the Bahammas - 7 days a week for 7 months straight for $14,000. They showed me around, took ... read more

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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