Dosen't look like it will Float to me!

Lost in Translation

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December 20th 2005
Well Bangkok continues to be an interesting place, 8 of us have decided to have a longboat tour (007 style) in the canals of Bangkok. We're heading to the 'Floating Market' for a bit of a mooch. It soon became apparently, that like most things in Bangkok the floating market was not what it was cracked up to be! Either the Thai have become very clever and invented concrete that can float or the o ... 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