City within a city.

Chilling in Thailand

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June 21st 2006
Yesterday was a good day. Knowing that I was going to be traveling today, I took it easy. Looking at the map, I saw that there was a JW Marriot with a very luxurious pool area. It was right by the river, but the river boats I was taking didn't go that far North. There are these long tail boat drivers that are similar to the taxi drivers, so one of them offered to bring me up there for 100 Baht ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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