Anny

Arrivals and departures

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January 7th 2008
Hello from Bangkok! We all arrived safe and sound, if a little bleary eyed, after our 22hr journey, stepping onto Thai soil for the first time at 7am Sat morning. It was already very hot and muggy but it was lovely to be able to smell that sweet, earthy smell of the tropics again; not so nice to be reaquainted with the smell smell of human effluent! Still, not nearly as bad as India. Infact a ... 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